inahandbasket

It's also worth noting that he usually represents many different political/social groups in his books... and then takes them to the biggest extreme that he can. Almost like reading an allegory or somesuch. The Big U comes out on top of the list for this one, and Cryptonomicon not all that far behind. Then, of course, you've got to take into account that liberals are all crazy. O:-)

Oh, and that my comment you replied to was deeply rooted in sarcasm.