Andy

Yes! It certainly helps to have a computer science degree. Math and computational theory aside, some of the characters in the book are real-world people in a fictional setting. Stephenson just assumes you know who they are.

Took a late tackle last week

Hall & Oates

I've read all the books and I've taken very little exception to the changes in the show. I think they've been mostly reasonable. They changed Jane's character entirely and made her a girl from Essos. I can understand changing her name to sound more... Essosian? Where are you from? Volantis. What's your name? Jane. Oh...

For all of you who saw s3 ep. 9 and haven't read the books, I'm sorry. I am so, so sorry.

I didn't know it was possible to not suffer from City Slickers nostalgia.

Thanks, everyone! Do it! I hear Snow Crash is very good, too. I have it on my to-do list.

A lot of people won't like this, but I gave up on The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood. I also gave up on the Wheel of Time series. Fantasy is a bit difficult for me to get into. I did get sucked into the A Song of Ice and Fire series, but GRRM starts slow with a lot of the fantasy elements of the series.

Hello! My name is Andrew. I'm from Iowa, USA. I was looking for a forum to abuse while being an unproductive software developer. Here I am! I read a lot of dystopia. My favorite book is probably Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. I play a lot of football (soccer). When I'm at home, I spend a lot of time with my guitar. My favorite movie is Lawrence of Arabia. I like traveling and, as a consequence, I've developed an interest in photography. My movie collection is slowly consuming my wall, and my book collection isn't far behind.

Football (soccer), running, swimming, sand volleyball

Football (soccer): Sporting Kansas City Celtic F.C. AS Saint-Etienne

Your real name: Andrew Your detective name: Larry March Your soap opera name: Jacob Nathan Your star wars name: Dahja Your Superhero name: Charcoal Chill Your Rockstar name: Green Koala

A lot of Neil Young. Also, listening to some of that Jake Bugg kid.

Cloud Atlas. I enjoyed it.

One of my favorite science fiction novels is Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson. It's not futuristic. In fact, much of it takes place in the past. It may benefit you to be a technology professional before reading this book. There's lots of computer theory, cryptology, and mathematics involved. Some of it reads like a text book.