So instead of finishing off the collected works of William Gibson (I still
need to read
Burning Chrome
and
Pattern Recognition),
I finished up with
All Tomorrow's Parties
(which was a fantastic ending to the
Virtual Light
trilogy; fast-paced, and finished up the story line in clean, surprising
manner), and moved on to:
AMAZON::0060512806::Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson::I'm only part-way into this incredibly hefty read, and I love it. This is the first Stephenson novel I've read, so I wasn't sure what to expect; his writing style takes a bit of getting used to, as he'll move between the reality of the storyline and dream/drug-induced sequences almost at a whim, but it's worth adjusting to. This is really a book for geeks like me; if you recognize the name Alan Turing, or enjoy mathematical and cryptography puzzles, it's definitely a fun read. It's really two storylines in one; a WWII setting, when the most groundbreaking crypto work was being done over rudimentary channels of communication, and a modern-day setting, with "crypto" being just another product you buy off the shelf and the Internet being ubiquitous. I'm enjoying myself, although my arms are getting a workout lugging it around. ;-)