A review by 17marypoppins
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

5.0

It was a fantastic read. A bit challenging for me in the beginning - trying to keep up with the two timelines as well as the multitude of technical ideas strewn so casually along the reader's path. I may study CS but I have long realized I am not a nerd. And so it is quite an achievement for a non-nerd to complete this book.
I am quite in awe of the author - he might as well be in the academia doing research. I loved every bit of the book except for a couple of digressions. Perhaps the author needed them - but to me they were unnecessary detours on my path to completing the book.

Now on to the Baroque Cycle.