Cryptonomicon"Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that have shaped the past century. Weaving together the cracking of the Axis codes during WWII and the quest to establish a free South East Asian 'data haven' for digital information in the present, Cryptonomicon explores themes of power, information, secrecy and war in the twentieth century in a gripping and page-turning thriller." - product description. |
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User Review - bhiggs - LibraryThingI wanted to like this but its just so overwritten. I found my self glossing over pages of material that were just not interesting or useful to the main plot. Something interesting would be happening ... Read full review
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User Review - multiplexer - LibraryThing1/2 of a really neat, compelling, and cool WWII novel involving the early evolution of cryptography and the application to a large, world-spanning war and a terrible California Dot-Com novel about ... Read full review
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| Title | Cryptonomicon |
| Author | Neal Stephenson |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Arrow, 2000 |
| ISBN | 0099410672, 9780099410676 |
| Length | 918 pages |
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