I just finished reading Cryptonomicon, and I can't decide if I liked it or not. It was too long (yet somehow ended too suddenly), jumped between characters too much, and had far too many run-on ...

Firstly, I will repeat what has alread been said by others: Cryptonomicon is, by far, one of the best books I have had the pleasure of reading. I loved Snow Crash, in that cyber-punk-loving way, but ...

DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL (U) Book Review: Cryptonomicon FROM: SIGINT Communications Run Date: 06/25/2003 (U) With the ...

Let's set the existence-of-God issue aside for a later volume, and just stipulate that in some way, self replicating organisms came into existence on this planet and immediately began trying to get ...

Although he's only written four other novels, Neal Stephenson is an acknowledged master of taking an idea and exploring it to death. Snow Crash, his 1992 breakthrough, was a book about language in its ...