To: Dr. Frank
I nominate
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, and Dr. Frank you'd love it.
It's about codebreakers in WWII, and their computer geek descendents in the mid-1990s. A fantastic book, amazing how similar it is to the vastly overrated Gravity's Rainbow and yet how much better it is. You read it and realize it's essentially screaming in the face of Gen X: "GOD! COUNTRY! CAPITAL! THESE THREE THINGS WILL ALWAYS SAVE CIVILIZATION!"
48 posted on
09/07/2001 1:07:14 PM PDT by
motexva
To: motexva
Indeed, I've read Cryptonomicon and enjoyed it immensely. For some reason Snow Crash just touched me more somehow, though. Not sure why.
To: motexva
Cryptonomicon BTTT. The first page was the best.
The "Point of Impact" series by Stephen Hunter absolutely rocked but I don't think it would qualify as a GAN.
113 posted on
09/09/2004 11:40:28 AM PDT by
MattinNJ
(Only Arnold would have the stones to say Nixon was the reason he was a Republican.)
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