tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post353584851587592629..comments2024-03-29T00:10:48.043-04:00Comments on HMS Defiant: ANATHEMHMS Defianthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-78490000600456203382010-08-03T01:09:06.390-04:002010-08-03T01:09:06.390-04:00Oh yeah, we enjoyed Cryptonomicon my sister and I ...Oh yeah, we enjoyed Cryptonomicon my sister and I thought it was great. We liked America and her brothers and Shafto and all the rest. Great book! Oddly enough, she did not like Snowcrash. I thought that was a very good book. Zodiac was fun.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6198442674791729773.post-21989723508694528152010-07-15T02:08:46.149-04:002010-07-15T02:08:46.149-04:00As I said, just open it in the middle, and dive in...As I said, just open it in the middle, and dive in. It does have a glossary. Heck, I betcha you didn't like his "Cryptonomicon" because it had equations in it! My eyes tend to glaze over when people start talking about math, but I think I got a slight beginning appreciation of the Riemann Zeta Function from reading that book.<br /><br />Anathem is about, among other things, Platonic Ideals leaking from Cosmos to Cosmos, and showing up in people's heads.Justthisguyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17277333206171756636noreply@blogger.com