false <![CDATA[Enigma]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178838245m/843989.jpg 843989 26 A gripping World War II mystery novel with a cryptographic twist, <i>Enigma</i>'s hero is Tom Jericho, a brilliant British mathematician working as a member of the team struggling to crack the Nazi Enigma code. Jericho's own struggles include nerve-wracking mental labor, the mysterious disappearance of a former girlfriend, the suspicions of his co-workers within the paranoid high-security project, and the certainty that someone close to him, perhaps the missing girl, is a Nazi spy. The plot is pure fiction but the historical background, Alan Turing's famous wartime computing project that cracked the German U-boat communications code, is real and accurately portrayed. Enigma is convincingly plotted, forcefully written, and filled with well drawn characters; in short, it's everything a good technomystery should be. 1083681 1995 Enigma total:622|5:96|4:257|3:218|2:45|1:6| 622 2258 834 49 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 08:02:04 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 07:15:22 -0700 2007
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One of the things I enjoyed the most was the layering of storylines. One part is the coverage of WWII crypto and the ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 03 23:18:53 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 13:20:15 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jun 18 16:00:02 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 18 16:00:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 07:55:19 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 07:56:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Feb 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 10:59:54 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 22:09:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Aug 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 03 18:19:12 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 18:58:43 -0700 2009 1 Fatherland. The latter was by far the better. While Harris clearly knows the era, and convincingly creates the WWII atmosphere, the characterization is a bit thin here. It's rather a stock noir mystery novel set in and aro...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 07:36:42 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 08 07:40:13 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Mon Sep 07 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 01:06:13 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 08 01:07:55 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Sun Mar 09 12:41:46 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 09 12:42:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Apr 18 11:57:43 -0700 2008 Sat Sep 27 10:49:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 29 15:37:58 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 29 15:41:20 -0700 2009
I still can't get ADU out of my head...]]> 5 0 false false Sat May 09 12:23:21 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 12:24:07 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sun Nov 15 06:43:28 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 06:44:53 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 17 06:12:50 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 06:14:02 -0800 2009 Turns out to be more of a murder mystery, but a fun book.]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue May 26 15:32:09 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 15:32:48 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1997 Sun Jan 18 01:50:50 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 18 01:51:34 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Thu Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 21:12:08 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 26 20:26:48 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jul 27 08:15:09 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 06:12:47 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 08:15:09 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Feb 05 06:54:37 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 06:54:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=843989