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Title: Soon to be an NBC miniseries starring Richard Chamberlain
Review: Ignore the comparisons to Pynchon and David Foster Wallace; what "Cryptonomicon" really is, is a next-generation James Clavell novel -- "Shogun," (or, more aptly, "Noble House") with Internet access. As other reviewers have noted, this is something of a departure for Stephenson, and readers expecting "Snow Crash II" or "Diamond Age II" are likely to be disappointed. But it's their loss -- this is a fun, engrossing yarn, and I can't wait to see where he takes it in the next installment.
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