Cryptonomicon

[Bruce Appelbaum]

 I'd like to add my endorsement.  The book leaves a lot of loose ends that
 are supposed to be addressed in a sequel.


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 Regards

 Bruce Appelbaum
 Yorktown Heights, New York


 ----- Original Message -----
 From: <MalignD at aol.com>
 To: <pynchon-l at waste.org>
 Sent: Friday, October 12, 2001 11:34 AM
 Subject: Cryptonomicon


> I'm about half-way through Neal Stephenson's Cryptonomicon and, unless it
 > goes down the crapper from here on out, I recommend it.
 >
 > It's less a brilliant book than a book about some brilliant people--Allan
 > Turing, foremost--and interesting topics--cryptology generally, WWII code
 > breaking, specifically.  In that regard, it's a book more like Bruce
 Duffy's
 > novel about Wittgenstein, Russell, and G.E. Moore (which I would also
 > recommend), The World as I Found It, than like Pynchon's novels.  But
it's
 > fun and compelling and intelligent.
 >
 > I seem to recall Richard Romeo mentioning that he read it.  Liked it too,
 as
 > I recall.
 >
 > Anyway, for what it's worth
 >