My all time favorite character name though has to be Hiro Protagonist from Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash". And let's not forget all the James Bond girls with ridiculously campy names, although this must be a 007 trademark move. ...

As Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash opens, Hiro Protagonist is zooming down the streets of Los Angeles, trying to deliver a pizza for Uncle Enzo’s ... shelflove.wordpress.com

That's the sort of thing Neal Stephenson writes in his hacker novel Snow Crash, a fascinating, horrifically violent semi-satire where the hero/protagonist of the story is named Hiro Protagonist. This book coined the terms "avatar" and ...

“Snow Crash” by Neal Stephenson. An awesome cyberpunk novel. I would say, better than Neuromancer. The main character’s name is Hiro Protagonist. How cool is that. He’s a hacker who doesn’t believe in guns so he uses a samurai sword ...