I just finished reading my first
Neal Stephenson book -
Cryptonomicon. That is one awesome novel! I'm blown away by the complexity of Stephenson's writing. I really connected with the great characters in the story. The connection was so great that I picked up a copy of
Quicksilver, the follow-up to
Cryptonomicon, at the local B&N this afternoon; and I'm trying to convince my wife to go along with the idea of changing my one week old son's name from Grant Thomas to Bobby Shaftoe ;-)