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Re: Neal Stephenson. A debian user?



Dominic Rudisch [2002-01-23 20.59 +0100]:
>Andreas Happe wrote:
> > 
> > i own a instance of the book
> > 
> > if you want some out-of-the-row viewpoints of the operating system
> > development, you should buy it. Another good book from Neal Stephenson is
> > Cryptonomicon.
>
>Cryptonomicon> Yes. *nods*
>But keeping in mind the almost 1000 pages of the Cryptonomicon, i would
>recommend SnowCrash first, to get used to NTS's style... :-)

Being a german and not particularly good at english language, I read the
english version of "Cryptonomicon" as my first Stephenson book and found
it not that complicated.  I may have missed the style in part or worse ...
;-)

>After SC, you'll be addicted^H^H^Hready for the other books: Diamond
>Age, Zodiac: An Eco-Thriller, The Big U.

Noted, thanks.


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