[The review probably should have said cypherpunk (not cyberpunk) novel... --DBM] --- From: "James Lucier" <james.lucierat_private> To: <declanat_private> Subject: For FC: Hope for the World: Weekly Standard Puts Cryptonomicon On Its Holiday Reading List Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 00:05:04 -0500 Hi Declan: Politechnicals may be interested to see Neal Stephenson s _Cryptonomicon_ on the Weekly Standard Holiday reading list. In the spirit of Bing Crosby s White Christmas, I might have suggested _Snow Crash_ myself. Jim Lucier http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/002/042oeyem.asp Katherine Mangu-Ward, editorial assistant AS YOUR NEAREST AND DEAREST gather 'round this holiday season, you will surely want nothing more than some escapist fiction more interesting than the grisly tales of your Aunt Mabel's sciatica. Every single one of the characters in "Cryptonomicon" is more interesting, clever, and engaging than your relatives--guaranteed. This "cyberpunk classic" by Neal Stephenson has everything--WWII codebreakers, a Marine with a morphine addiction, a secret stash of Nazi gold, digital currency, and treasure-hunting with sonar. "Cryptonomicon" is one of those rare novels so good you find your left hand anxiously testing to be sure that there are lots of pages left to read. And there always are. At 928 pages, "Cryptonomicon" is an enormous book that careens between the 1940s and the 1990s, studded with clever wordplay and inside jokes. There's even an appendix explaining some of the simpler crypto if you are into that kind of thing. For more info, check out this interview with Stephenson. "Cryptonomicon" is perfect for geeks, and the history buffs they grow up to be. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ Recent CNET News.com articles: http://news.search.com/search?q=declan -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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