A deep sense of paranoia might be a good enough substitute for one of these interests, but then again I think that it might be rather unhealthy, to read Cryptonomicon if you are paranoid.Ĭryptonomicon is told as a small handful of stories, most of them takes place during WWII, but the main story takes place today. The problem is, I'm not sure that this book is for everybody, you have to have some kind of interest in mathematics, cryptography or computers for it to be interesting. Luckily for me, Cryptonomicon is a wonderful book that lived up to all my expectations. It's would be so disappointing if one of his books where bad. The thing is, I tend to build up enormous expectations for, low output, but high quality, authors like Stephenson. What if I didn't “get it” or even worse didn't like the book? Also Cryptonomicon is about mathematics and it's about cryptography, and while I know math, I know nothing about cryptography, but I find the subject fascinating. Neal Stephenson is a bit like Vernon Vinge – they both make wonderful books, and they both take their time about it. I've been a bit apprehensive about starting on Cryptonomicon. Cryptonomicon is a speculative fiction novel by the American author Neal Stephenson.
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