The Sparrow would be a somewhat abrupt change of gears there, but if you can handle that, I highly recommend it. It'll take less time to read than Cryptonomicon. I haven't read Permutation City to comment on it.
Well The Sparrow was handiest, so it's it. I was actually tempted to read one of the Civil War histories I haven't read yet as one of my Christmas presents was a huge Civil War atlas, but I guess I'll put that off for a bit. I also have Quicksilver in my pile, since Bob mentioned it. I happened to find the three Stephenson books at once at Know New Books whereas they hardly ever have any of his stuff because it sells right away.
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