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This is clearly inspired by William Gibson's Sprawl Trilogy but nowhere as avantgarde in prose style, and easier to read even if still very complex narratively. Stephenson explains the ins-and-outs of the setting to the reader way more than Gibson did in his early books, for sure.

The setting is also clearly parodying a lot of the weirder utopian ideas popular in right-libertarian circles and the tech industry.