I can see how Catch 22 influenced this novel. Except the funny names seemed to mean more in Catch 22, and the humor was more consistent. That said, the central plot with the libertarian mail system reminded me pleasantly of Milo Minderbinder's capitalist schemes moving supplies around bases. 
 I can also see how this (and apparently to a greater extend Gravity's Rainbow) influenced The Illuminatus! trilogy. While I loathed those as well, I at least appreciated that the smut was better and the self-depreciating humor of the negative book reviews was more evident. 
 I did like the "information wants to be free" theme that could still resonate with the Anonymous crowd. If they could make it past the obscure historical references and of-the-time but forgotten-by-time obscure pop cultural nuggets. I'd probably dig this a lot more if it was brought to modern day and took the same route with the internet as it does with mail. Or maybe a dark future. I should re-read Neuromancer.