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The Baroque Cycle began with Quicksilver, which set up the story: Daniel Waterhouse, a distant ancestor of the lead character in Cryptonomicon, is the son of a revolutionary puritan in 17th Century England who escapes revolution, plague and fire in the company of Sir Isaac Newton and the founding fathers of Natural Philosophy, the rationalists who dissect dogs and swill mercury and invent science.
Boing Boing: November 21, 2004 - November 27, 2004 Archives 2004
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The Cryptonomicon is absolutely my favorite book of all time.
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And if you want to read more, Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon is a great read that blends all sorts of computery code-breakingly nerdery into one awesome novel.
Alan Turing and Bletchley Park lili 2009
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And if you want to read more, Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon is a great read that blends all sorts of computery code-breakingly nerdery into one awesome novel.
Archive 2009-10-01 lili 2009
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Neil Stephenson's Cryptonomicon is not exactly SciFi but it's still outstanding.
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It took awhile for Diamond Age to grow on my, but it did, and I think Cryptonomicon is his best novel.
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It took awhile for Diamond Age to grow on my, but it did, and I think Cryptonomicon is his best novel.
October 2007 2007
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I really liked Snow Crash and I think Cryptonomicon is his best book.
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He doesn't even realize that Cryptonomicon is Stephenson's best book
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Enoch Root, the shadowy deus-ex-machina/Ascended Master of Neal Stephenson's brilliant Cryptonomicon is the subject of much debate.
Boing Boing: November 24, 2002 - November 30, 2002 Archives 2002
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