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[dreamer_easy]

Half-read books, unread books, not including Hunter S. Thompson's Kingdom of Fear which is in my backpack, nor Magnus Mills' All Quiet on the Orient Express and Zadie Smith's White Teeth which I borrowed in a fit of weakness and will probably have to return unread

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[nnwest.livejournal.com]

Oh, Cryptonomicron! Love that book. Another Life I found to be disappointing, but Inside the Hub is interesting.

[kateorman.livejournal.com]

My dad has read Cryptonomicon. I figured I'd better hurry up and read Jon's copy!

[nnwest.livejournal.com]

It's worth the read to a computer/tech geek like me. But Stephenson does tend to ramble on. From a pure narrative/storytelling standpoint, it could tightened a heck of a lot. Most of the background info and side stories could easily be shortened or lost and the story he's trying to tell would be unaffected. It just depends on how much you like how Stephenson rambles. *shrug*