Winner, Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, 2013. Winner, Mir Fantastiki Award for Best Foreign Sci-Fi Novel, 2005. Locus Award Winner for Best Science Fiction Novel, 2000. With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece. A 900-page novel that hops between world war two code breaking and modern hacker culture, covering cryptography and cypherpunk politics, occasionally making space for lengthy digressions on the. Set in the late 17th and early 18th centuries, the novels feature ancestors of several characters in Cryptonomicon, as well as events and objects which affect the action of the later-set book. Buy a cheap copy of Cryptonomicon book by Neal Stephenson. Stephenson's subsequent work, a trio of novels dubbed The Baroque Cycle, provides part of the deep backstory to the characters and events featured in Cryptonomicon. According to Stephenson, the title is a play on Necronomicon, the title of a book mentioned in the stories of horror writer H. Both historical and contemporary sequences focus on. Amy Halperin(Jacket Designer) (illustrator). Cryptonomicon is equal parts historical novel, set during World War II, and modern-day high tech thriller. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. SIGNED BY AUTHOR on title page (name only).

(A tiny bit of wear at head of spine.) Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($27.95).

A pristine unread copy, purchased new and opened only for author signature. And the huge chunks of baldly technical material might fascinate NSA chiefs, computer nerds, and budding entrepreneurs, but ordinary readers are likely to balk. Cryptonomicon is a book about patterns, numbers, and patterns in society. The author has taken time to develop all the characters making it easy for the reader to identify with them. Any tech-intellectual will find the book engrossing, and the math does add some juice. First printing (with full number line including 1). Detail-packed, uninhibitedly discursive, with dollops of heavy-handed humor, and set forth in the author’s usual vainglorious style still, there’s surprisingly little actual plot. Cryptonomicon is an engaging read that will take you on a tour around the world.