I loved 'Cryptonomicon'. So much so that I bought 'Quicksilver' in hardback rather than borrowing it out of the library first. Oh, hang on, actually, it might have been a birthday/Xmas pressie, now I think of it. Oh well, that makes me feel better for quite strongly disliking it. I can't say I hated it, 'cos I didn't, but I got very annoyed with it at frequent intervals, really disliked the heroine, and frequently thought about ditching the whole thing as a bad idea & not finishing it. But I take pride in the fact that it's rare that I don't finish a book, and I kept thinking it'd get better. Well, 'better' inasmuchas I might start to like it more, as there isn't really a lot wrong with it per se. I just didn't like it very much. Certainly won't be reading the promised sequel.