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Sneak Peek At Neal Stephenson's "Anathem"

Posted by timothy on from the canticle-for-leibowitz-comes-to-mind dept.

Shawn M. Smith writes "Neal Stephenson (Cryptonomicon, The Baroque Cycle) has a new novel coming out in just a couple weeks — Anathem. Boing Boing has an excerpt from the amazing glossary (including a definition for 'bulshytt') so take a peek at a copy of an abridged glossary of neologisms and language-bending goodies from the book."

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  1. Re:Hope by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FUCK YOU

  2. Look on the bright side by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    It can't possibly be worse than Cryptonomicon. That book was an insult even to the average MS Office user, let alone to anyone with a vague clue about cryptography. I bet Schneier has kicked himself several times for letting Stephenson include his description of the Solitaire cypher in it.