Just for Jim,

I decided, after long reflection, that Quicksilver was not as good as I had wanted it to be. Still good, but only maybe 80% of what Cryptonomicon was. How to Be Good was on the edge of making my list. Probably should have included it. I really liked the question of the book, but I'm pretty sure the author didn't have the answer :)

Motherless Brooklyn was a great book as well, but for some reason I didn't enjoy it quite as much as I did other Lethem novels. Would enjoy discussiong these more with you anytime you like though.