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Neil Stephenson’s snowcrash would be interesting.
I feel like most of the people with money would just play it up to be super cool instead of a dystopia. And given the Epstein stuff, not lightly edit it so the girl is of appropriate age.
True it could go really wrong but if done right it would be a really good satire.
The dystopia bit is what I’m worried about with the Neuromancer series coming out. It looks way too clean. Even the parts where streets are jam-packed look like clean jam-packed streets.
Seconded, although Mark ruined the concept of the Metaverse. And that sex scene with a 15 year old might need some rewriting. I love the book for its storyline and world building, but certain developments of the past 20 years stains the book.
Speaking of Stephenson, I wonder if Cryptonomicon could work as a TV series. Filming the two time periods without them seeming completely disconnected would be challenging, though.
Cryptonomicon would be cool, I could see it working on HBO or some other cable company.