I love end of world books, and I had only read one Stephenson book before, the Cryptonomicon. I was not ready. Eventually I thought, "okay, this must be almost

I love end of world books, and I had only read one Stephenson book before, the Cryptonomicon. I was not ready. Eventually I thought, "okay, this must be almost over and can't get much worse." And then: FIVE THOUSAND YEARS LATER.