It’s hard to imagine him losing himself in the internet, with it the harsh glare blinding him simultaneously.

Otherwise a good setup for something.

A very good point. Maybe the sequel will be better.

Definite cyberpunk elements working here.

Indeed. Definitely influenced by the Neal Stephenson I’ve been reading lately.

Snow Crash?

The Diamond Age, most recently. I read Snow Crash a year ago, and I’ve just started on William Gibson’s Neuromancer.

Neuromancer is one of my ten favorite books. :D I haven’t read The Diamond Age yet, but I really liked Snow Crash.

A friend of mine names every one of his hard drives after one of Gibson’s rogue AIs, and he’s a big fan of Neuromancer. Good so far. I suggest trying Diamond Age, but it’s quite different from Snow Crash. Not quite cyberpunk. Maybe retrofuturism, with a dash of cyber and punk to taste.