I’m currently reading a teriffic book by Neil Stephenson, namely the Cryptonomicon. It is more of a historic fiction mainly using the act of hiding and discovering information as a red thread. The events are spread out over several generations, focusing on World War II and present day.
Being a bit slow on the uptake, the only other Stephenson book I’ve read is Snowcrach, which were more of a Cyberpunk-ish kind of story – along the lines of William Gibson’s work. Both these authors are enjoying and engaging – I cannot easily put Cryptonomicon down, and I just have to read at least another chapter each night. And it is a big brick of a book.
And best of all; it is way better than Dan Brown’s Digital Fortress. Way. Better. Though it isn’t that thriller-ish, and I cannot see that should be; the story works great the way it is.
