Cryptonomicon

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Humberto Torofuerte wrote:

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>   Been thinking about picking this one up.  So how would you all rate the
>   prose on a scale of 1 to 10...where Dan Brown = 1?
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>   On 1/4/07, [1]kelber at mindspring.com <[2]kelber at mindspring.com> wrote:
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>     I'd call it standard sci-fi writing: interesting ideas presented in
>     bland-to-bad style.
>     Laura
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>     >From: David Morris <[3]fqmorris at gmail.com >
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>     >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.
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>References (WARNING: clicking these links may not be safe)
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>   1. mailto:kelber at mindspring.com
>   2. mailto:kelber at mindspring.com
>   3. mailto:fqmorris at gmail.com
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