Book: Cryptonomicon
Aug. 27th, 2009 10:39 pmAuthor: Neal Stephenson
Details: (c) 1999 Neal Stephenson; Pub Avon Books 2002; ISBN 0-06-051280-6
Verdict: Cryptonomicon is nearly enough fun to make up for its ludicrous parts.
Reasons for reading it: I've enjoyed several other things by Stephenson, and fans seem to regard this as the most quintessentially Stephenson of his writing.
How it came into my hands: I was very pleased to find an edition of this almost small enough to be portable, in one of the nice second hand bookshops![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rysmiel brought me to in Montreal. And it seemed a particularly good choice for a chunk of time when I was making lots of long flights. It took me about a month to get through, though, and the last 30 pages or so I kept putting off reading because I didn't want to carry a 1200 (!) page book around just to read 30 pages.
( detailed review )
Details: (c) 1999 Neal Stephenson; Pub Avon Books 2002; ISBN 0-06-051280-6
Verdict: Cryptonomicon is nearly enough fun to make up for its ludicrous parts.
Reasons for reading it: I've enjoyed several other things by Stephenson, and fans seem to regard this as the most quintessentially Stephenson of his writing.
How it came into my hands: I was very pleased to find an edition of this almost small enough to be portable, in one of the nice second hand bookshops
rysmiel brought me to in Montreal. And it seemed a particularly good choice for a chunk of time when I was making lots of long flights. It took me about a month to get through, though, and the last 30 pages or so I kept putting off reading because I didn't want to carry a 1200 (!) page book around just to read 30 pages. ( detailed review )
