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Derek,

I've read "The Big U" quite recently. ("Funny story," he said before telling a rather unfunny story: I went to pre-order it at Amazon and it had just been published.) I agree whole heartily with you! Between Casamir building a railgun, Virgil fighting the worm, and Fred Fine leading the MARS group, it really is just about the only "published" story that captures the sheer, unbelievably believable tale of a Megaversity. A very good book (Stephenson's third best book, in my opinion. It would have been second, but I have this thing for sex-crazed savants.)

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