I finished Cryptonomicon last week. If I remembered much, I would write a review (well, maybe). It took me over four months to read. Not because I read so damn slow, but because I read it in such small chunks, so infrequently. See, I tend to only read fiction in bed to help get my mind out of business and/or coding hyperdrive, so I can fall asleep. (On the train and during other downtimes, I read nonfiction.) The past few months, I've been working so late, it often only takes a few pages before I'm drooling on my pillow. Sometimes, less. And the only times I did that was when I actually slept at home (etc.). Not good conditions for reading an expansive, complex, 900-page tome. Over a shorter time span, in bigger chunks, I'm sure I would have enjoyed it more. Not that I didn't. I didn't like the half that was set in World War II nearly as much as the part in present day -- but then, I don't tend to be a fan of war novels and, of course, like to read about Internet startups. In general, I found the book quite entertaining, not to mention educational. I've read all of Stephenson's books (except The Big U, currently out of print -- oops, and Zodiac: The Eco Thriller -- so, not that many, really) and would rate Cryptonomicon as the best, though equal with Snow Crash and In the Beginning...Was the Command Line (if that counts) for my personal enjoyment. I recommend it and look forward to his next.