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Neal Stephenson - Quicksilver
Neal Stephenson - Quicksilver
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Why:
As mentioned in my last novel write-up i’m a stephenson fan, so it wasn’t like i wasn’t going to read it.
Thoughts:
HUGE. This book has got to be one of the more difficult books i’ve read in aggeees. No joke, this book took me reading on and off probably over half a year! Not to say it wasn’t good, because overall it was good, unfortunately - a lot of it went quite high-over my head. Specially trying to follow the multiple titles(names) of the endless-list of characters/sub-characters/chameo’s/etc .. and their ranks and formal-titles and relationships to each other - serves me right for not paying much (if any) attention to 1600-1700 history!
The parts that really captured me included the tales of Jack, the king of the vagabonds, and a lot of the gory(but great) tales of the Natural Philosophers, following the interesting tale of early/pioneering scientists.
Apart from being quite a melt-down of a book overall i enjoyed. I’m slightly apprehensive of the sequel, specially because it’s just as large - but i can’t NOT read it.. i mean really, i’m a sucker for punishment.
Posted by Christian 
22 August 2004
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