The adult grandchildren of two men once involved in code-breaking espionage in World War II find a sunken Nazi submarine that reveals a massive conspiracy, the effects of which can either enhance freedom--or subjugate the world.
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The adult grandchildren of two men once involved in code-breaking espionage in World War II find a sunken Nazi submarine that reveals a massive conspiracy, the effects of which can either enhance freedom--or subjugate the world.
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Picked this earlier work up, after reading the first volume of Stephenson's Baroque Cycle. In the very fast-paced Cryptonomicon, he combines the recent history of codes and code-breakers with a unique interpretation of the present World Wide Web, and a prophetic (1999) view of a future in which ordinary citizens seek to protect their data from the prying eyes of governments. Scenes with a nerdy tech set alternate with those of battles and treasure hunters. Definitely gets the imaginative juices rolling.
greebs
Feb 5, 2009
A brilliant piece of genius
Cryptonomicon is a stunning masterpiece, well worth the time it will take to read (and digest) the over 900 pages it fills.
The book is divided into two time periods -- World War II, and the current day (which appears to be right around the turn of this century). In WWII, there are several different characters, each operating independently though all crossing each others path -- an American code breaker, an American Marine and a Japanese soldier. In the present, we mainly follow Randy and Avi, two software entrepreneurs heading to the Philippines to set up The Crypt, a project the reader slowly learns about through the course of their story. Along the way, real life characters such as Albert Einstein, Alan Turing, Ronald Reagan and Douglas MacArthur make cameos.
To say that this is a complicated book is an understatement, and yet Neal Stephenson makes it incredibly engaging, funny and consistently brilliant. As but one example, he writes four or five pages on how the chain on a bicycle wheel operates -- and it is only when he breaks from that narrative to point out that it's similar to how the German Enigma machine worked that I realized I'd just read five pages about a bicycle chain. It's incredible, and a book that -- given even more free time -- I'd easily read again.
Ricolaw
Jun 24, 2007
Nice story
Very nicely written story wrapping the internet and World war 2. It was a very believable story that worked very well.
