2003.10.21
Cryptonomicon. Neal Stephenson.
i liked everything about this book except for the ending. getting tons of gold smelted out of a mountain for poorly fleshed out (but really good) reasons was somehow unsatisfying. also, while the “conspiracy” of the eruditorum wasn’t very cabalistic its actual goals were never clearly defined, it wasn’t very mysterious, and it didn’t have any real power. still, despite these two criticisms, i loved the book. a few great parts include charlene’s essay on beards, the mathematics behind waterhouse’s horniness, the descriptions of the war, manila, the idea and politics behind the crypt, and many of the characters (randy, enoch root, bobby shaftoe and his clan, and particularly avi) had much depth and/or resounding calls to archtypes i liked.
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