Start with Neuromancer by William Gibson, then go to Snowcrash by Neal Stephenson, then back to Gibson and read the rest of the trilogy ( Count Zero, Mona Lisa Overdrive ) then switch to Greg Egan ( Permutation City, Diaspora, Teranesia ) then go off and shave your hair into a mohican, get a motorbike, eat sushi and learn to program. Swears life sorted!