Author: Neal Stephenson
Year: 1999
Type: NOVEL
Wikipedia Entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptonomicon
Synopsis: There are two main timelines in this novel. This first is during World War II, and follws the lives of three cryptologists of WW2: Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse (American), Alan Turing (British), and Rudolf von Hacklheber (German), as well as the strange exploits of Detachment 2702. The second timeline takes place during the present, filled with the offspring of the main characters in the first timeline. They are preoccupied with the construction of a data haven.
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Awards:
- 2000 - Cryptonomicon British Fantasy Award, August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel) (Preliminary Nominee)
- 2000 - Cryptonomicon Arthur C. Clarke Award, Arthur C. Clarke Award (Nomination)
- 2000 - Cryptonomicon Hugo Award, Best Novel (Nomination)
- 2000 - Cryptonomicon Locus Poll Award, Best SF Novel (Place: 1)
- 2000 - Cryptonomicon Prometheus Award, Prometheus (Best Libertarian SF Novel) (Nomination)
Publications:
- Cryptonomicon, (date unknown, Neal Stephenson, Perennial, 0-380-78862-4, $16.00, 918pp, tp) Cover: Liz Kenyon - [VERIFIED]
- Cryptonomicon, (date unknown, Neal Stephenson, Avon, 0-380-97346-4, $27.50, 918pp, hc) Cover: Liz Kenyon
- Cryptonomicon, (1999, Neal Stephenson, Heinemann, 0-434-00953-9, £17.99, 926pp, hc)
- Cryptonomicon, (May 1999, Neal Stephenson, Avon, 0-380-97346-4, $27.50, 918pp, hc) Cover: Liz Kenyon - [VERIFIED]
- Cryptonomicon, (Sep 1999, Neal Stephenson, Avon / SFBC, #02945, $13.98, 918pp, hc) Cover: Liz Kenyon
- Cryptonomicon, (Nov 1999, Neal Stephenson, Heinemann, 0-434-00883-4, £12.99, 918pp, tp) Cover: Attick
- Cryptonomicon, (Mar 2000, Neal Stephenson, Dove Books, 0-7871-2449-4, £19.99, audio cassette)
- Cryptonomicon, (May 2000, Neal Stephenson, Perennial, 0-380-78862-4, $16.00, 918pp, tp) Cover: Liz Kenyon
- Cryptonomicon, (May 2000, Neal Stephenson, Arrow, 0-09-941067-2, £7.99, 918pp, tp)
- Cryptonomicon, (Sep 2000, Neal Stephenson, Avon, 0-380-97346-4, $27.50, 918pp, hc) Cover: Liz Kenyon
- Cryptonomicon - Unabridged Excerpts, (Dec 2001, Neal Stephenson, Audio Literature, 1-57453-470-X, $32.00, audio cassette)
- Criptonomicón 1: El Código Enigma, (Nov 2002, Neal Stephenson, Ediciones B, 8466606211, $17.99, 384pp, tp)
- Cryptonomicon, (Dec 2002, Neal Stephenson, Avon, 0-06-051280-6, $7.99, 1152pp, pb) Cover: Liz Kenyon
- Criptonomicon III : El codigo Aretusa, (Nov 2005, Neal Stephenson, Ediciones B, 8466617167, $10.95, tp)
- Criptonomicon II : El codigo Pontifex, (Nov 2005, Neal Stephenson, Ediciones B, 8466616926, $10.95, tp)
- Criptonomicon I, (Nov 2005, Neal Stephenson, Ediciones B, 8466616446, $10.95, tp)
Reviews:
- Science Fiction Weekly, 24 May 1999, (1999), reviewed by A. M. Dellamonica
- Nova Express, Fall/Winter/1999, (1999), reviewed by Howard V. Hendrix
- Nova Express, Fall/Winter/1999, (1999), reviewed by Tom Cool
- The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1999, (1999), reviewed by John Clute
- The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2000, (2000), reviewed by Michelle West
- Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2000, (2000), reviewed by Peter Heck
- Asimov's Science Fiction, April 2000, (2000), reviewed by Norman Spinrad
Bibliographic Warnings:
- Unknown Publication Date: Cryptonomicon (0000-00-00)
- Unknown Publication Date: Cryptonomicon (0000-00-00)
- Missing page count: Criptonomicon III : El codigo Aretusa (2005-11-01)
- Missing page count: Criptonomicon II : El codigo Pontifex (2005-11-01)
- Missing page count: Criptonomicon I (2005-11-01)
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