That's absolutely true. I remember the first 100 pages of 'Cryptonomicon'. I was just trying to make sense of that blabber I wasn't used to. Since English is not my mother-tongue, I had to use the Kindle to search through the dictionary all too often, otherwise it was impossible to follow. After a 250 pages, I was familiar with most words, even saw some patterns emerging. The novel became increasingly more and more interesting as the pages flew by.