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well, clearly you did not understand everything. jh Send a noteboard - 21/10/2009 10:55:08 PM
I suppose one could read the Baroque Cycle too, but I sort of feel you need to have read Cryptonomicon before that... easier way to start understanding how he uses his shaftoes and waterhouses.

And honestly I liked it quite a bit more than Cryptonomicon, for whatever reason.

Sorry to shoot your theory out of the water. I'm just in a water-theory-shooter kind of mood today.


How could you possibly understand the stuff that goes on in the Baroque cycle without cryptonomicon? And you fail to realise that it is one of the best books ever - see, your theories can't even hold water, let alone shoot water out of something else.
"People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't realize how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world" - Calvin.
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Anyone read Neal Stephenson's ANATHEM? Jacob - 20/10/2009 06:13:58 PM 1235 Views
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It's sitting on my shelf right now... I just need to get around to opening it *NM* beetnemesis - 20/10/2009 07:25:50 PM 442 Views
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Cryptonomicon, most likely. jh - 21/10/2009 06:30:52 AM 917 Views
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I read the Baroque Cycle first. Craig - 21/10/2009 09:47:35 PM 865 Views
well, clearly you did not understand everything. jh - 21/10/2009 10:55:08 PM 905 Views
... Bwa? Craig - 22/10/2009 12:07:09 AM 870 Views
My point exactly! *NM* jh - 22/10/2009 06:36:32 AM 421 Views
Your point is nonsense? ... Yeah, I guess that's typical. *NM* Craig - 22/10/2009 03:37:50 PM 898 Views
Same for me snoopcester - 22/10/2009 12:10:52 PM 968 Views
Me third. *NM* Darth_Katie - 22/10/2009 09:23:31 PM 362 Views
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Excellent snoopcester - 21/10/2009 03:20:02 PM 1009 Views
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Hiro's my hero Jayhawk - 23/10/2009 05:05:48 PM 1051 Views
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