I have such mixed feelings about that book. And no, I didn't have to paste the link to figure out the reference.

I mean, that librarian VR thing was entirely employed as a narrative device for the sole purpose of allowing the author to pontificate for page after page after page, expounding upon Sumerian history. I yawned. Repeatedly. And the relationships between the characters meshed together too easily.

But it was still a decent read. Once. Pretty much satisfied my B-Level Science Fiction Writers quota for the next several years.