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Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon (Paperback, 2000, William Morrow Paperbacks) 4 stars

Cryptonomicon zooms all over the world, careening conspiratorially back and forth between two time periods—World …

A friend is lending me his precious copy of this novel. So far I've only read the little prologue, but it's already a heck of a read. It's been a while, I think, since I've read anything so kinetic and full of movement? Looking forward to meandering my way through this eight billion page novel. (And taking very good care of it and returning it safe and sound, because I give back the books I borrow.)