I don't know if anyone here has ever watched Heroes, the television show, but whoever was in charge of the script for that show apparently loves Snow Crash. There's the fact that they also named their protagonist Hiro (though I was prepared to write that off as a coincidence, because it is still a play on words). And then I came across Odessa Texas (which is where most of the action is centered in the first season). No way is that a coincidence, right?