Cryptonomicon编码宝典 英文原版

图书标准信息

• 作者 Neal Stephenson（尼尔·史蒂芬森） 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins US
• 出版时间 2002-11
• ISBN 9780060512804
• 定价 76.80元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 1168页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Withthisextraordinaryfirstvolumeinwhatpromisestobeanepoch-makingmasterpiece,NealStephensonhacksintothesecrethistoriesofnationsandtheprivateobsessionsofmen,decryptingwithdazzlingvirtuositytheforcesthatshapedthiscentury.

In1942,LawrencePritchardWaterhouse-mathematicalgeniusandyoungCaptainintheU.S.Navy-isassignedtodetachment2702.Itisanoutfitsosecretthatonlyahandfulofpeopleknowitexists,andsomeofthosepeoplehavenameslikeChurchillandRoosevelt.ThemissionofWatrehouseandDetatchment2702-commandedbyMarineRaiderBobbyShaftoe-istokeeptheNazisignorantofthefactthatAlliedIntelligencehascrackedtheenemy'sfabledEnigmacode.Itisagame,acryptographicchessmatchbetweenWaterhouseandhisGermancounterpart,translatedintoactionbythegung-hoShaftoeandhisforces.

Fast-forwardtothepresent,whereWaterhouse'scrypto-hackergrandson,Randy,isattemptingtocreatea"datahaven"inSoutheastAsia-aplacewhereencrypteddatacanbestoredandexchangedfreeofrepressionandscrutiny.Asgovernmentsandmultinationalsattacktheendeavor,RandyjoinsforceswithShaftoe'stough-as-nailsgrandaughter,Amy,tosecretlysalvageasunkenNazisumarinethatholdsthekeytokeepingthedreamofadatahavenafloat.ButsoontheirschemebringstolightamassiveconspiracywithitsrootsinDetachment2702linkedtoanunbreakableNazicodecalledArethusa.Anditwillrepresentthepathtounimaginablerichesandafutureofpersonalanddigitalliberty...ortouniversaltotalitarianismreborn.

Abreathtakingtourdeforce,andNealStephenson'smostaccomplishedandaffectingworktodate,CRYPTONOMICONisprofoundandprophetic,hypnoticandhyper-driven,asitleapsforwardandbackbetweenWorldWarIIandtheWorldWideWeb,hintingallthewhileatadarkday-after-tomorrow.Itisaworkofgreatart,thought,andcreativedaring;theproductofatrulyicon.

【作者简介】

Neal Town Stephenson is the author of Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, and Zodiac. Born on Halloween 1959 in Fort Meade, Maryland -- home of the National Security Agency -- he grew up in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, and Ames, Iowa, before attending college in Boston. Since 1984 he has lived mostly in the Pacific Northwest and has made a living out of writing novels and the occasional magazine article.