num_pages: 918
description: Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that have shaped the past century. Weaving together the cracking of the Axis codes during WWII and the quest to establish a free South East Asian 'data haven' for digital information in the present, Cryptonomicon explores themes of power, information, secrecy and war in the twentieth century in a gripping and page-turning thriller.
language: English
title: Cryptonomicon
titlecomplete: Cryptonomicon
characters: Douglas MacArthur, Robert Shaftoe, Alan Turing, Earl Comstock, Enoch Root, Rudolf von Hacklheber, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse
genres: Thriller, Historical Fiction, Historical, Cyberpunk, Novels, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, Fantasy, War, Fiction
ratings_count: 110427
places: The Philippines, Bletchley Park, Buckinghamshire, England, Southeast Asia
series: Crypto
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Hugo Award
category: Best Novel, awardedAt: 1357027200000
name: Prometheus Hall of Fame Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Locus Award
category: Best Science Fiction Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Arthur C. Clarke Award, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Prometheus Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Perennial