What is the author's style in Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson?

The book is written from the third person point of view, which is good for a novel of this kind. This point of view allows the reader to get to know the various characters and allows the characters to express their opinions. There is much dialogue between the various characters, which is one way in which the story is told. The author functions as the narrator and provides the information necessary to keep the reader informed about places and events.

The third person is broader than the first person point of view. The first person uses a character to tell the story which limits the readers' knowledge to events that occur in the presence of the narrator. The use of third person avoids this problem and allows the reader to learn of events that take place without the presence of the main character.

The author does not really take a direct moral position concerning the hacking, the government attitude toward encryption or toward the buried gold, but he does so indirectly. The situation surrounding the raid at Ordo is presented in a very humorous way with the electromagnetic pulse destroying all the computer chips in the area while Randy is trying to destroy the data on the hard drive. Goto Dengo presents the moral view on leaving the gold in the vault and says the answer lies in business and development and not gold.