Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1, Book 1)
In which Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and courageous Puritan, pursues knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe -- in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political...
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In which Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and courageous Puritan, pursues knowledge in the company of the greatest minds of Baroque-era Europe -- in a chaotic world where reason wars with the bloody ambitions of the mighty, and where catastrophe, natural or otherwise, can alter the political landscape overnight.
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Format: mass market paperback
ISBN:
9780060833169 (0060833165)
Publish date: January 31st 2006
Publisher: HarperTorch
Pages no: 456
Edition language: English
Series: The Baroque Cycle (3 volume)
logorrhea... logorrhea... how many words does it take to explain one minor attempt at ciphering a letter. how many minor counts, baronets and aristotrash attending a single german prince's minor meeting about a small business venture does it take to complete a neal stephenson book...oh god, NS, Diam...
I did this one on audiobook and the time shifts were hard to follow at first. Confession: I checked the wikipedia page to orient myself, which made a big difference in my comprehension and therefore my enjoyment of the book. I am a math nerd and I loved watching Isaac Newton and his process. What...
Historical SF that got me really interested in history. To the point of getting a PhD. Really.
pically never quit on a book, and I didn't quit on this one either. However, I will probably quit on the series. Heck there are two or three more books in this cycle and I don't think I could handle being lectured to for another 2-3 thousand pages. I hear his first work, Snow Crash, is really good b...
pically never quit on a book, and I didn't quit on this one either. However, I will probably quit on the series. Heck there are two or three more books in this cycle and I don't think I could handle being lectured to for another 2-3 thousand pages. I hear his first work, Snow Crash, is really good b...
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