see Neal Stephenson

Here's a review/interview concerning the parts of the book involving the Business Plan

Nice excerpt on the needs for battles between the followers of Athena (HackEr) and those of Ares.

Nomicon --2003/11/25 02:32 [GMT]
[OK], see Neal. But he didn't invent the word. Who did? And exactly what does it mean. I'm guessing nomicon is really a suffix.

If I remember correctly, the Necronomicon is a book of the names of the dead, used in certain bits of black magic (like defrosting the fridge without flooding the kitchen). I think it was thought up by Lovecraft, i.e. relatively recent fiction, rather than genuine ancient Egyptian made up stuff. I guess Stephenson thought it made sense to encrypt the names...--Danny Ayers

• Cryptonomicon is an apocryphal book of crypto science Stephenson invented. This review says it's inspired by a book called Mercury written by the [Bishop Of Chester]. --Bill Seitz

• the Baroque Cycle says it was started by John Wilkins. Ah, Wilkins was the [Bishop Of Chester] at some point.

• some of the Crypto Graphy writings of [William Friedman] seem like part of this history

pirated EBook http://www.halfstrong.com/danieljordi/library/cryptonomicon/toc.html

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