Saturday, March 05, 2005
Cryptonomicon
You cannot mention the Baroque cycle without mentioning Cryptonomicon. It was written before BC but takes place after BC during WWII and close to present day. I read BC and was able to understand what was going on (and loved it), but I think I would have gotten more out of it if I would have read C frst. There is just so many insider references in BC to C that I missed and did not get till I read C...oh well.
In alot of ways I look at C as a study in Badassery (is there such a word...there should be). It has a lot more action than BC (which is not to say that BC has little action it is just a different kind of book...anyway) and it is all pretty well contained in one novel...unlike BC which is spread out over three. There is some sections with some pretty complex mathmatics, but you can skim them and still follow the story. The author loves to explain things and while he does a great job of it, if you hate math no amount of great teaching will pique your interest.
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In alot of ways I look at C as a study in Badassery (is there such a word...there should be). It has a lot more action than BC (which is not to say that BC has little action it is just a different kind of book...anyway) and it is all pretty well contained in one novel...unlike BC which is spread out over three. There is some sections with some pretty complex mathmatics, but you can skim them and still follow the story. The author loves to explain things and while he does a great job of it, if you hate math no amount of great teaching will pique your interest.
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# posted by Tom Smith @ 12:16 PM 
