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Mind you, I liked Snowcrash a lot, but it is not a very serious book. It began life as a background theme for a video game, according to the author, and when that fell through, he fleshed it out as a whole book.
It's therefore not too surprising that it has many silly aspects. But it's fun.
His later books get much more serious.