Just finished with 'The Cobweb' by Neal Stephenson and his uncle,* writing under the nym Stephen Bury. The Cobweb is entertaining, and easily worth the $14 I paid. Its cpunk relevance is a little limited except for the Iowa deputy sheriff who figures out an Iraqi biolological weapons scheme in the US, while the CIA, FBI and NSA fight State, Agriculture and each other over how, or if, to react. Mercenary Soviet Antonov transport planes, stateless Kurds, and encrypted radio links all play their parts. We never do find out if the NSA can decrypt them in time. ISBN 0-552-37828-7. Bantam, Sept 1996. *I forget his uncle's name; hes a history professor who can't be seen writing books with a Sci-fi author like Neal. The usefulness of nyms. They also wrote 'Interface.' -- "Every year the Republicans campaign like Libertarians, and then go to Wasthington and spend like Democrats." Vote Harry Browne for President. http://www.harrybrowne96.org