Cartoon, Animated Movie or Comic Book Strip

I think that “Snow Crash” could easily be made into a cartoon, animated movie, comic book, or the comic column in the Sunday newspaper. As each chapter begins, it’s up to the reader to determine whether the events are taking place in the physical reality or in the virtual reality, the Metaverse.

There is a lot of action from Hiro Protagionist, the male main character and Y. T., the female main character. Hiro seems to be more comfortable in the Metaverse at the beginning of the novel but the closer I come to the end, I see that he is becoming more comfortable in his physical universe. On the other hand, Yours Truly is definitely more comfortable in her physical reality and rarely enters into the Metaverse.

Today as I read chapter 47, I saw something that struck me. The chapter begins, “Once it starts coming clear to her, again, that these people are twisted freaks, she starts to notice other things about them. For example, the whole time, no one ever looks her in the eye.” Y. T. has been captured and is aboard a large ship called the Raft. The people that she is speaking about are Russians.

I have noticed that in the last five years or so that people no longer look each other in the eye. Does this mean there is a lack of trust among people? or have people lost their ability or want to care about each other?

Then there are the times when a chapter leaves me hanging that I think it could even be a soap opera.