Title: Cryptonomicon

Title: Cryptonomicon Title Record # 19870
Author: Neal Stephenson
Date: 1999-05-00
Type: NOVEL [non-genre]
Webpages: Wikipedia-EN
Language: English

Synopsis: There are two main timelines in this novel. This first is during World War II, and follows the lives of three cryptologists: 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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Other Titles

Translations

Year	Language	Title
2000^ⓘFirst third of the original novel. Translated by Jean Bonnefoy	French	Crytonomicon: Le code Enigma
2001^ⓘTranslated by Juliane Gräbener-Müller and Nikolaus Stingl.	German	Cryptonomicon
2001^ⓘTranslated by Jean Bonnefoy Second third of the original novel.	French	Le réseau Kinakuta: Cryptonomicon II^?Le reseau Kinakuta: Cryptonomicon II
2001^ⓘTranslated by Irene Ketman	Dutch	Cryptonomicon
2001^ⓘTranslated by Jean Bonnefoy Last third of the original novel.	French	Cryptonomicon III: Golgotha
2002^ⓘTranslated by Pedro Jorge Romero	Spanish	Criptonomicón I: El código Enigma
2002^ⓘTranslated by Pedro Jorge Romero	Spanish	Criptonomicón II: El código Pontifex
2002^ⓘTranslated by Pedro Jorge Romero	Spanish	Criptonomicón III: El código Aretusa

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
1	2000 Locus	Best SF Novel
3	2000 Hugo	Best Novel
Nomination	2000 Prometheus	Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel
Finalists	2000 Clarke	Best Science Fiction Novel
Preliminary Nominees	2000 BFA	August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel)
Nomination ^ⓘNomination is for the translator, Jean Bonnefoy (as Crytonomicon: Le code Enigma)	2001 Imaginaire	Traduction
2 (as Criptonomicón I: El código Enigma)	2003 Premio Ignotus	Mejor novela extranjera - Best Foreign Novel
2 (as Criptonomicón III: El código Aretusa)	2003 Premio Ignotus	Mejor novela extranjera - Best Foreign Novel
2 (as Criptonomicón II: El código Pontifex)	2003 Premio Ignotus	Mejor novela extranjera - Best Foreign Novel
Nomination (as Crytonomicon: Le code Enigma)	2003 Imaginaire	Prix spécial
Nomination (as Le réseau Kinakuta: Cryptonomicon II^?Le reseau Kinakuta: Cryptonomicon II )	2003 Imaginaire	Prix spécial
Nomination (as Cryptonomicon III: Golgotha)	2003 Imaginaire	Prix spécial
Nomination	2010 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Preliminary Nominees	2011 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Preliminary Nominees	2012 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Win	2013 Prometheus	Prometheus Hall of Fame Award

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Cryptonomicon	1999-05-00	Neal Stephenson	Avon Books	0-380-97346-4	$27.50^?$: US dollar	918	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Liz Kenyon
Cryptonomicon	1999-09-00	Neal Stephenson	Avon / SFBC	02945	$13.98^?$: US dollar	918	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Liz Kenyon
Cryptonomicon	1999-11-00	Neal Stephenson	William Heinemann	0-434-00883-4	£12.99^?£: UK pound	918	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Attick
Cryptonomicon	1999-11-00	Neal Stephenson	William Heinemann	0-434-00953-9	£17.99^?£: UK pound	926	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Cryptonomicon	2000-03-02	Neal Stephenson	Dove Books	0-7871-2449-4	£19.99^?£: UK pound		audio cassette^?Cassette tape	novel
Cryptonomicon	2000-05-00	Neal Stephenson	Perennial / HarperCollins	0-380-78862-4	$16.00^?$: US dollar	918	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Liz Kenyon
Cryptonomicon	2000-05-00	Neal Stephenson	Arrow Books	0-09-941067-2	£7.99^?£: UK pound	918	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Topham Picturepoint
Cryptonomicon	2000-09-00	Neal Stephenson	Avon Books / HarperCollins	0-380-97346-4	$27.50^?$: US dollar	918	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Liz Kenyon
Cryptonomicon - Unabridged Excerpts	2001-12-10	Neal Stephenson	Audio Literature	1-57453-470-X	$32.00^?$: US dollar		audio cassette^?Cassette tape	novel
Cryptonomicon	2002-11-00	Neal Stephenson	Avon Books / HarperCollins	0-06-051280-6	$7.99^?$: US dollar	1152	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Liz Kenyon
Cryptonomicon	2003-05-00	Neal Stephenson	PerfectBound / HarperCollins	0-06-057549-2	$11.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Cryptonomicon	2008-06-26	Neal Stephenson	Paw Prints	978-1-4395-0179-5	$17.99^?$: US dollar	1152	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Cryptonomicon	2009-00-00	Neal Stephenson	Macmillan Audio				digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel	Liz Kenyon
Cryptonomicon	2009-03-17	Neal Stephenson	HarperCollins e-books	978-0-06-179257-1	$8.99^?$: US dollar		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel	Liz Kenyon
Cryptonomicon	2012-01-31	Neal Stephenson	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-433-1	$150.00^?$: US dollar	907	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Patrick Arrasmith
Cryptonomicon	2012-01-31	Neal Stephenson	Subterranean Press	978-1-59606-433-1	$500.00^?$: US dollar	907	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel
Cryptonomicon	2012-05-31	Neal Stephenson	Cornerstone Digital	978-1-4464-4052-0	£6.99^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	novel
Cryptonomicon	2020-08-08	Neal Stephenson	Audible Studios		$39.95^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	novel
Cryptonomicon	2020-11-17	Neal Stephenson	Audible Studios on Brilliance Audio	978-1-7135-7640-2	$29.99^?$: US dollar		audio MP3 CD^?Compact disc with mp3-encoded audio tracks	novel
Cryptonomicon	date unknown	Neal Stephenson	Perennial / HarperCollins	0-380-78862-4	$16.00^?$: US dollar	918	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Liz Kenyon
Cryptonomicon	date unknown	Neal Stephenson	Avon	0-380-97346-4	$27.50^?$: US dollar	918	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Liz Kenyon
Cryptonomicon	date unknown	Neal Stephenson	Avon	0-06-051280-6	$7.99^?$: US dollar	xii+ 1152	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel	Liz Kenyon
Cryptonomicon	date unknown	Neal Stephenson	Avon	0-380-97346-4	$27.50^?$: US dollar	918	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Liz Kenyon
Cryptonomicon	date unknown	Neal Stephenson	Avon Books	0-380-97346-4	$27.50^?$: US dollar	918	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Liz Kenyon
Cryptonomicon	date unknown	Neal Stephenson	Avon Books	978-0-06-051280-4	$8.99^?$: US dollar	1152	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Cryptonomicon	date unknown	Neal Stephenson	Arrow Books	978-0-09-941067-6	£9.99^?£: UK pound	918	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Topham Picturepoint , Daniel Huntington , Getty Images
Cryptonomicon	date unknown	Neal Stephenson	Avon	0-06-051280-6	$7.99^?$: US dollar	xii+ 1152	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Cryptonomicon	date unknown	Neal Stephenson	Avon	0-380-97346-4	$27.50^?$: US dollar	918	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Liz Kenyon
Cryptonomicon	date unknown	Neal Stephenson	Avon	0-06-051280-6	$7.99^?$: US dollar	xii+ 1152	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Cryptonomicon	date unknown	Neal Stephenson	Avon	0-06-051280-6	$7.99^?$: US dollar	xii+ 1152	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	novel
Cryptonomicon	date unknown	Neal Stephenson	Perennial / HarperCollins	0-380-78862-4	$19.99^?$: US dollar	918	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	novel	Liz Kenyon
Cryptonomicon	date unknown	Neal Stephenson	Avon Books	0-380-97346-4	$27.50^?$: US dollar	918	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	novel	Liz Kenyon

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Reviews

Review by Gary K. Wolfe (1999) in Locus, #460 May 1999
Review by Russell Letson (1999) in Locus, #460 May 1999
Review by Paul Di Filippo (1999) in Science Fiction Age, May 1999
Review by A. M. Dellamonica (1999) in Science Fiction Weekly, 24 May 1999
Review by John Clute (1999) in The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1999 , reprinted in:
Scores: Reviews 1993 - 2003 (2003)
Scores: Reviews 1993 - 2003 (2016)
Review by L. J. Hurst (1999) in Vector 208
Review by Paul J. McAuley (1999) in Interzone, #150 December 1999
Review by Howard V. Hendrix [as by Howard Hendrix] (1999) in Nova Express, Fall/Winter 1999
Review by Tom Cool (1999) in Nova Express, Fall/Winter 1999
Review by Michelle West (2000) in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 2000
Review by Peter Heck (2000) in Asimov's Science Fiction, March 2000
Review by Norman Spinrad (2000) in Asimov's Science Fiction, April 2000
Review [French] by Marie-Laure Vauge (2000) in Galaxies, #17
Review by Patrick Hudson (2000) in The Zone, Summer 2000
Review by Douglas Barbour (2000) in Foundation, #79 Summer 2000
Review [French] by
Éric Vial^?Eric Vial
(2001) in Galaxies, #22
Review [German] by Wolfgang Tress (2003) in Alien Contact, Jahrbuch #1 2002