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Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver is here. A monumental literary feat that follows the author's critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller Cryptonomicon, it is history, adventure, science, truth, invention, sex, absurdity, piracy, madness, death, and alchemy. It sweeps acrossContinue
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Most entertaining!
This is perhaps the most entertaining historical novel I have read. While it is fiction, Stephenson tells, among many other things, a most interesting story of how our early enlightened scientists dragged themselves and civilization out of the dreggs of superstition and alchemy into the age of empir ... (continue)
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How can I put this? Uhm. Right. Let's see.
The Baroque Cycle of Stephenson is one of the best historical novels of the XX century. There, I said it. And I have all of O'Brian's books too, so it's not that I don't have any reference.
Stephenson, after the success of 'Cryptonomicon', whic ... (continue)―
KillingTime said on Jan 14, 2009 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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Quicksilver
Admittedly, the title caught my attention because of the software company (www.quicksilver.com) and the surfing gear franchise, too. Of the many "things" I personally adore, computers and surfing (like, waves in, like, California -- not just the Internet) are at the top of the list. Simply stated, N ... (continue)
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Kimberly Petrovic said on Oct 22, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback
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- English Books
- Paperback 297 Pages
- ISBN-10: 0434008931
- ISBN-13: 9780434008933
- Publisher: Heinemann
- Pub date: Jan 01, 2003
- Also available as: Mass Market Paperback, Hardcover and Audio CD
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Quicksilver
A brilliant book, one of the best I have read. Stephenson tells the story of how many of the foundations of the modern world in terms of economics, politics, science etc... came in to being, whilst managing to maintain an entertaining and engrossing plot. The level of detail is astonishing. Possi ... (continue)
A brilliant book, one of the best I have read. Stephenson tells the story of how many of the foundations of the modern world in terms of economics, politics, science etc... came in to being, whilst managing to maintain an entertaining and engrossing plot. The level of detail is astonishing. Possibly too nerdy for some, but I loved it.
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