eBook recommendation : Cryptonomicon and The Diamond Age
This year, I’ve read two older works by science fiction author Neal Stephenson. They are very different from each other, but both are highly recommended.
Cryptonomicon is a great hacker story, and will be interesting especially if you like cryptography – it’s almost like a textbook within a story. Spanning a period between World War II and today, it features codemakers and codebreakers, math geniuses, secret conspiracies, a gold fortune, Nazis – and pirates!
The Diamond Age is also a hacker/crisis story, but it’s set in the future. The central device in this story is called The Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer, which is actually an ebook device designed to educate a girl. The Primer teaches through stories and games – I sure wish I had one of those when I was growing up!
I’m definitely digging Neal Stephenson. I’ve heard that his new books, especially The Baroque Cycle, are also quite solid.
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