When Dante entered Hell, it was Virgil who accompanied him and explained its mysteries. In a similar gesture, it is James Joyce, as opposed to say William Gibson or R. U. Sirius, who could assume the role of guide to cyberspace.
Transit lounge : wake-up calls and travellers' tales from the future : today's best writers explore tomorrow's world / Ashley Crawford and Ray Edgar (Ed.),
p. 25-26