it was tricky in parts (the ready player one parts) but the semantic (julian janyes) parts were excellent. i managed to get hold of the 30th anniversary edition with extra content, and although i enjoyed the ideas the actual narrative was somewhat old terrain. i should have read it 30 years ago. he's not an easy writer to read, massive technology info dumps and geek like dives into tangents that may lead nowwhere but there were tangents i enjoyed here. the deuteronomists, the tower of babel, the language of binary codings, semiotics, and virus to control minds, the sumerian gods and goddesses. all excellent stuff but wow, i am exhausted from this one.