CRYPTONOMICON
by Stephenson, Neal
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a couple light crease marks to lower left front corner. (18845)
- Seller
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Laurel, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: Avon Books, [1999]. First edition. A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a couple light crease marks to lower left front corner. (18845). Octavo, boards. "This complex and ambitious cyber-thriller, which begs comparison with Pynchon's GRAVITY'S RAINBOW, features half a dozen well- conceived plot lines. During World War II, the mathematical genius and cryptographer Lawrence Waterhouse, a friend of Alan Turing, is instrumental in breaking the Nazi's Enigma code. Some 60 years later, his grandson Randy, a computer hacker, is involved in setting up a small- scale, but high-tech data haven in Southeast Asia, only to find out that his project has attracted the attention of a number of powerful governments, multinational corporations, and secret organizations. Randy also discovers evidence of a secret conspiracy that may be centuries old." - Anatomy of Wonder (2004) II-1075. Locus Award winner. Hugo Award nominee for best novel. A prelude to the author's "Baroque Cycle" of novels.
Synopsis
Cryptonomicon is a 1999 novel by American author Neal Stephenson.
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- Bookseller
- John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18845
- Title
- CRYPTONOMICON
- Author
- Stephenson, Neal
- Book Condition
- Used - A fine copy in a fine dust jacket with a couple light crease marks to lower left front corner. (18845)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Avon Books
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- [1999]
- Keywords
- SF
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John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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About John W. Knott, Jr., Bookseller, ABAA/ILAB
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