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Title: Cryptonomicon is a great read
Review: Fast-paced and funny, Cryptonomicon deftly zips through multiple generations and subplots. The storylines are vast and intricate, and the synchronicities are resolved even more neatly than in NS's previous novels (which I loved).While Cryptonomicon isn't science fiction (it's more like Zodiac than Snow Crash or Diamond Age), it does have a high geek quotient; the main characters break into elaborate mathematical expressions as if they were songs in a Broadway musical. Equations and graphs are used to develop funny and endearing characters (really!). If NS wrote textbooks, I'd have looked forward to my 8am calculus class.I missed the clever gadgetry and stunning imagery of Snow Crash and The Diamond Age, but I think Cryptonomicon is probably the best whole work yet from NS. The story sustains itself consistently, and it's a great read all the way through; as complex as the plot got, I never found myself floundering in the story's wake.Definitely recommended!
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