Re: Neal Stephenson-Quicksilver

I have to concede Bill's point: Stephenson seems to be using a scientific
timeline for a plot.

John

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> Jazzboparker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> : HAs anyone read this new book from Neal yet? I'd appreciate any feedback
> : on it. I enjoyed his Cryptonomicon.
>
> It's enormously long, and for long stretches, nothing happens.
> CRYPTONOMICON is like that in some ways, but QUICKSILVER is extreme.  The
> people and places of the times are all very vivid, though, and he packs in
> an immense amount of history.  You have Newton, Leibniz, Charles II, Louis
> VIX, and many other natural philosophers and aristocrats from all over
> Europe.  People travel widely and every place and custom is richly
> described.  There are many thematic ties to CRYPTONOMICON, and it's
> intriguing to see how they fit together.  But the book seemed very, very
> long to me.  Very long.
>
> When I think of the execution of Charles I, and the restoration of
> Charles II, I think of d'Artagnan and the other Musketeers.  It felt a bit
> odd to read about the same people but not have the Musketeers there.
> (Though the real d'Artagnan is mentioned.)
>
> Bill
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