Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson

(discussed February 22, 2001)

On a ten-point scale (1=bad, 10=good), the people who read the book gave the following ratings: 7, 7, 8, 8, 9, 9, 10, 11 The "11" is from Julie England as per the revised voting rules.
Average: 8.6

Ignacio Viglizzo created a nice web page of links for the book. Here they are, copied with permission:

Cryptonomicon links

A FAQ by the author

What is Riemann's zeta function?

Corregidor Island; maps.

What is a WREN? A WRAC?

Does Kinakuta exist? Where is Nauru? Sealand?

Eroditorum.org

Qwghlm, or the things geeks do.

A Qwghlmian version of this page.

Alan Turing

http://tombstone.epiphyte.com/

A book.

The Solitaire (Pontifex)