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Cryptonomicon did touch on it as part of the plot but predating that was his article for Wired, “Mother Earth Mother Board”[1][2]. [1]: https://www.wired.com/1
by SllX 4y ago
Cryptonomicon did touch on it as part of the plot but predating that was his article for Wired, “Mother Earth Mother Board”[1][2].
[1]: https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/ https://www.wired.com/1996/12/ffglass/ (Warning, it’s a Wired link)
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Remarks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Some_Remarks This book also has a copy of the Wired arrticle and is probably the superior way to read it. Wikipedia link so you can choose your own bookstore.
- KRAKRISMOTT 4y agoWasn't cryptonomicon about Alan Turing inventing bitcoin? It's been a while since I last read that book
- SllX 4y agoNeal Stephenson doesn’t tend to stick to just one story in his storytelling, so also yes. EDIT: to be a little bit less glib about it, Cryptonomicon has multiple POV characters including characters that hang around Alan Turing.
- hammock 4y agoNeal Stephenson explored international internet infrastructure in other works as well: Reamde (2011) involves the hijacking of an undersea fiber-optic cable and the resulting disruption of internet connectivity in various parts of the world. Interface (1994) involves a corrupt presidential candidate who seeks to control the internet through the manipulation of network infrastructure
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