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The New York Times Book Review called Neal Stephenson's most recent novel "electrifying" and "hilarious". but if you want to know Stephenson was doing twenty years before he wrote the epic Cryptonomicon , it's back-to-school time. Back to The Big U , that is, a hilarious send-up of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Casimir Radon: Add a description of this character.
- Sarah Jane Johnson
- Virgil Gabrielsen
- S. S. Krupp
- Fred Fine
- Sharon
- Mari Meegan
- Hyacinth
- Consuela
- Ephraim Klein
- Bert Nix
- Mrs. Santucci
- Burrows
- John Wesley Fenrick
- Spike
- Mitzi
- Lucy
- Gary
- Chip Dixon
- Roy G Biv
- Magrov
- Bill Benson
- Chris
- Paul Bennett
- Hudson Rayburn
- Geiger
First Sentence edit
The Go Big Red Fan was John Wesley Fenrick's, and when ventilating his System it throbbed and crept along the floor with a rhythmic chunka-chunka-chunk.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Neal Stephenson (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Vintage Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0394723627
Page Count: Add the page count.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1984
ISBN: 0394723627
Page Count: Add the page count.
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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