Glossed Over: Bittersweet Seeds - What's In A Name?

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Muskoka

Glad I'm not that far north, brrrrrrrr. On a summer car trip about 33 yr ago, I stayed overnight at one of the Provincial Parks along Prov. hwy 69. Super nice compared to US rest areas and state campgrounds. Best thing was hot showers.

About Neal Stephenson (author) did you read Cryptonomicon? Truly magnificent. Excellent surmise of cryptocurrency, years before it came true. Also based on story of Yamashita's Gold. See also Lawrence P Waterhouse plugs into the Universe, and Cracks the Code, from Cryptonomicon.

Surly, more on this flavonoid later. Meantime, may the based blade be with you, Bacca.

side note, Star Wars namology vs real history... reference famous nemesis of Rome, the Punic Barca family.

[–]JasonCarswell[S] 2 insightful - 3 fun2 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Cryptonomicon is also one of those that sticks in my mind. Oddly, I have to be reminded about details of Zodiac or Snow Crash. I know the vague general premise, but have largely forgotten them. I don't know why.

I feel like my Bittersweet Seeds story has the potential to be Stephenson-esque, perhaps even on par. The hard part is getting it out of my head and presenting it engagingly and with style.

I'm still not fully familiar with the context of "based" to use it effectively.