All the flaws are there, but still fabulous and better the second time through.

One of my all-time favorite works of fiction. Deftly combines WW2 Enigma-ish and beyond crypto with wartime derring-do and modern privacy relevant ideas like the data vault. Many memorable characters and expert writing. Rarely does a novel make me laugh out loud, but Cryptonomicon has those moments as well.

I can count on 1 hand the number of books i have stopped reading midway through. This is one of those books . A pondering mess, lurching back and forth in time and geography with a tedious microscopic attention to detail making what should be a page of action more like a paragraph. On to better things!

I have read this book many times. Neal Stephenson's books are a part of my library but this one in particular speaks to me as programmer and 'tech enthusiast'. I jumped at the chance to get a version that can is on my phone all the time. Odd since I just thought about taking it down and reading it again. My physical copy is in the exact center of my book shelf above my computer and holds a commanding place in my loft surrounded by tech, photography and the Physics of Superheros books. My only regret with this book is that it reminds me that I had a chance to meet Neal in Philadelphia 8 years ago at a book signing. I planned to bring my dog-earred copy of Cryptonomicon to get signed but unfortunately had a family emergeny and missed the signing.

I re-read books I like. This may puzzle some folks (who probably re-watch TV shows and movies. When I found "Cryptonomicon" on the new book shelf in my library I grabbed it, read it and was captivated! (I should mention that I spent 30+ years working in the computer industry, so I could identify with some (many) of the leading characters.) I've read "Cryptonomicon” 8-10 time, and I enjoy still enjoy it. I just finished it (again). Try it!!!

For three or four times I have tried to get into that book and finish it but I've constantly failed. Storytelling is way too lengthy. The technology and cryptography stuff really is not Sophisticated. If you are just a little bit tech savvy, You will be bored to death.

I have given up on very few books in my 42 years of reading and this was one of them. I have enjoyed previous books by Stephenson, and this book has an interesting premise with a great techno backdrop, but it is sloppily written and the characters are pointless. If I don't care whether the characters live or die, and if I don't believe that they are behaving in a way consistent with their personalities, then why bother finishing the book? I wanted to like it, but never did......

I have never wasted so much time on a novel in my 64 years of reading. This isn't close to storytelling of any kind. I can't believe anyone could waste the money needed to publish such drivel!!! To think I even held out hope that this novel would somehow redeem itself......

I just finished Cryptonomicon for the 2nd time. This is one of the greatest novels I have ever read. A very fine novelist's finest work.

A very well written story, but a little longer than it needed to be. The technologies within are presented with about as good an explanations as one can get, but it will still fry your brain.