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Cryptonomicon
Cryptonomicon
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#53 on NPR's Top 100 SF/F novels of all time (2011 poll) http://www.npr.org/2011/08/11/1390858...
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Ken McDouall
Aug 07, 2010 rated it it was amazing
Stephenson is brilliant, and this 1000+ page novel is an epic of WWII cryptography, late 20th-century high tech business, and treasure hunters. Reads like a Pynchon novel without the inscrutability.
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Kimberly
Dec 23, 2008 rated it really liked it
Shelves: science-fiction, favorites
One of my favorites. Excellent story, very interesting approach, fascinating from start to finish
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