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tesshuelskamp 's review for:
Cryptonomicon
by Neal Stephenson
A lot of my friends had urged me to read this and I thought that I would give it a chance since a large part of the story involved encryption. For the most part, I enjoyed this book -- I especially liked the in depth descriptions written (my favorites were the one explaining modular arthimatic through bicycle chain and the in depth description about the best way to eat Captain Crunch) -- and thought that the story was compelling. The two timelines were woven together well too.
Randomly, the book seemed to be needlessly sexist; I was annoyed to be pulled out of enjoying the story. Additionally, I didn't like how the glorified the reclusive nature of programmers, as that's one of the stereotypes that drives me crazy.
Despite that, I would reread this book.
Randomly, the book seemed to be needlessly sexist; I was annoyed to be pulled out of enjoying the story. Additionally, I didn't like how the glorified the reclusive nature of programmers, as that's one of the stereotypes that drives me crazy.
Despite that, I would reread this book.