Why Are We Reading Fall; or, Dodge in Hell‪?‬ The Hashish and Superiority Book Club

Why did Wade pick a Neal Stephenson book for season two?  Is this book about a billionaire who dies and is resurrected in a digital afterlife anything like Alan Moore's Jerusalem?  Not really, but yet in some ways it's the opposite.  Just what is everyones experience with Stephenson? What is he known for?  Who's at least read Snow Crash?  Will we even like this book?  What can we expect and what are our fears going forward?  Lots of questions in this one!