![]() Stephenson’s portrayal of certain aspects of modernist academic thought is also hysterical. Stephenson includes, for example, a long passage on the correct way to eat Captain Crunch cereal (including where the milk should be stored in the refrigerator and what size spoon should be used). Funny - there are a lot of humorous bits in Cryptonomicon.But the main historical person in Cryptonomicon is Alan Turing ![]() There’s a brief but hysterical cameo appearance by a very young Ronald Reagan a not at all funny cameo by Herman Goering and several mentions of Winston Churchill and Admiral Yamamoto. It has a dozen major characters and scores of minor characters (including some historical people. Complicated - Cryptonomicon has 3 plot lines, set in two different time periods (late 20th century and World War II).But rather than tell you about the plot, I am structuring this review a little differently. Along the way, Cryptonomicon covers many subjects including codes, genocide, prejudice, cryptocurrencies, war and more. It begins with a Marine writing haiku while on the running board of a careening jeep. ![]()
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