Cryptonomicon

[David Morris]

I couldn't get even half-way through Cryptonomicon because the writing
was so pedestrian that it was almost painful.  And except for the very
superficially common subject matter parallels (spies, math & crypto &
WW2- which must be also in any number of other books) I see no Pynchon
rip-off or homage.

David Morris

On 1/4/07, kelber at mindspring.com <kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
> I'm about a third of the way through Stephenson' Cryptonomicon.  At first, it felt like a blatant rip-off of (homage to?) V and GR: Navy guys, WWII, math equations inserted into the text, etc.  But at this point, it's clear that S is no P.  The book contains three very linear stories intertwined in very obvious ways.  Of course, I'll have to reserve judgment until I've actually finished.  It's very funny, though, and I'm enjoying it.
>
> One question: references to zeta functions keep cropping up.  Is P returning the homage in ATD?