It's pretty amazing how much new stuff emerges out of the book almost a quarter decade later and a me spending a stint in graduate school studying history of computing. (Vannevar Engleton!)

It's also a VERY interesting look at a pre-9/11 world where protagonists fly around the world like taking a cab. Interestingly enough, it does anticipate the surveillance state / capitalism, which we see more of in the companion book "The Pains".