The Book == The Phenomenology of Time? (Score 1)

I'm pretty sure this is the first SF book I've read that in the largest part is based on the philosophies of Edmund Husserl (he's regarded as the founder of phenomenology).

And I'm dammed sure that Husserl's "The Phenomenology of Time" is Stephenson's inspiration for "The Book"! FWIW, I have never ever come across a book that even remotely challenges TPOT for the title of most densest, most opaque, most unreadable book ever. (The wikipedia link, as turgid as it is, is barely a 'Family Circus' synopsis of Husserl's prose).

Kudo's to Stephenson for even attempting to incorporate Husserl into SF!