Greatest Fictional Angelenos #6: Hiro Protagonist

By ruth666
August 10th, 2006 @ 5:36 PM Fictional LA

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Name: Hiro Protagonist
Residence: one of the Burbclaves
Area code: What? Who’s franchising those?
Former Occupation: Pizza delivery boy for Uncle Enzo’s CosaNostra Pizza
Current Occupation: hacker, swordsman, co-inventer of the metaverse, intelligence broker

All hopped up on his quest for Snow Crash – is it a computer virus or a real-world drug? It’s both!

Hobbies include researching Sumerian mythology and spending time with Y.T. (aka Yours Truly).

Although he’s a member and friend of Mr. Lee’s Greater Hong Kong franchise, his wallet is still pitifully light on Kongbucks.

::Wikipedia::
::Credit to *elflling for the image::
:: More Credit to our own Colleen Wainwright for creating all the card templates!::

Other fictional Angelenos in this series.

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12 Comments so far

  1. the daniel (unregistered) on August 10th, 2006 @ 6:24 pm

    Ruth666, usually I don’t *get* you, or your posting existence at b.la. In this case, though, I must *salute* you. Best fictional angeleno yet.


  2. jengod (unregistered) on August 10th, 2006 @ 8:10 pm

    Abso-frickin’-lutely. Hiro and Cher Horowitz are my faves so far.


  3. michele (unregistered) on August 10th, 2006 @ 9:33 pm

    Ah, I was waiting to see when he’d be showing up.


  4. beopenguin (unregistered) on August 10th, 2006 @ 10:01 pm

    It’s about time!


  5. jillian (unregistered) on August 10th, 2006 @ 10:24 pm

    I totally spaced on this one!! And I LOVE Snow Crash! Too awesome.


  6. mack (unregistered) on August 10th, 2006 @ 10:48 pm

    How did you guys pick them? Was there a group poll among the b.la bloggers? Names in a hat? Dart board? Did you rochambeau?


  7. ruth666 (unregistered) on August 10th, 2006 @ 11:26 pm

    We are all sworn to secrecy….


  8. benhigh (unregistered) on August 11th, 2006 @ 3:35 am

    i wanted it to be a dance-off.


  9. James Cooper (unregistered) on August 11th, 2006 @ 8:40 am

    Woo! Snow Crash, Neal Stephenson goodness. Hiro is an awesome character. In fact, that book was full of awesome characters. Rock on!


  10. oliver (unregistered) on August 11th, 2006 @ 10:22 am

    I’m with The Daniel on this one.


  11. ruth666 (unregistered) on August 11th, 2006 @ 12:11 pm

    “I’m with The Daniel on this one.”

    In hating me? Or in loving Hiro?


  12. beopenguin (unregistered) on August 11th, 2006 @ 2:26 pm

    What’s with the bagging on Ruth? I think there needs to be a sorry involved here. That could have been shared in private and not on the comments.



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