Aww, see I love Qwghlm, but I did read the Cryptonomicon before the Baroque cycle and there is more about Qwghlm in the former, so when I read the Baroque Cycle it was like a nostalgia thing. I definitely understand your critique of how it was used though.

What do you make of Enoch Root / Red? It seems to me that he is kind of a God / archangel figure, maybe somewhat a Wandering Jew or Flying Dutchman character as well.