5 ms·
I would add another Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon A collection of (mo
by haasted 7y ago
I would add another Neal Stephenson: Cryptonomicon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon
A collection of (mostly) spoiler-free quotes to emphasise my point: https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon
- sramsay 7y agoI was surprised that wasn't on there. Seems to me more closely allied with the genre than Diamond Age.
- entropicdrifter 7y agoTo be fair, Diamond Age does have a solid section where one of the main characters learns all of the fundamentals of computer science, networking, and the foundations of crypto. Pretty good metaphors for absorbing the general concepts are in there.
- Alex63 7y agoHear, hear! DA is my favorite; love the Turing machine castle.
- bart_spoon 7y agoYeah I’m surprised that isn’t on there, given it’s the “hardest” computer fiction of any of his books.
- darkfire613 7y agoIf ever there was a book that was deeply foundational to the person I’ve grown up into, it was Cryptonomicon. I read it for the first time in middle school.
- NCO2 7y agoSame here!
- MarcScott 7y agoGot to love it when the protagonist is an Emacs user.
- dcra 7y agoThe book that got me back into mathematics and computers, and led me into CS. Can't recommend it enough.
- eigenhombre 7y agoCryptonomicon is on there now; hilariously, it's categorized as "short" in the title.....
- ThinkBeat 7y agoYeah "short" at 918 pages or so.