The term "cyberculture" may be relatively new, but one might also regard it as just a … First in a trilogy about vagabonds and alchemists in Baroque Age Europe. In this first volume of Neal Stephenson’s genre-defying epic, 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. Neal Stephenson follows his international bestseller, the WWII thriller Cryptonomicon, with a novel set in the 16th and 17th centuries, in a world of war, scientific, religious and political turmoil. - Neal Stephenson, Quicksilver Not done, with BIG Quicksilver, just finished internal-Book 1: Quicksilver. Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing 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. I had once started Snow Crash but didn't care for it. That's how good I think Neal Stephenson is. 927 pp.

Get all three novels in Neal Stephenson's New York Times bestselling "Baroque Cycle" in one e-book, including: Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World. Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing 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. An unexpected byproduct of CRYPTONOMICON that ended up taking over my life for a number of years.

I finished reading Neal Stephenson’s Quicksilver sometime in early December, and it was quite a doozy (clocking in at 944 pages) to carry around on the bus for the three or so weeks that I was reading it. New York: William Morrow. Quicksilver - Neal Stephenson . Neal Stephenson has written other such greats as Cryptonomicon and now Quicksilver. QUICKSILVER by Neal Stephenson a Science Fiction book ISBN-0060833165 ISBN13-9780060833169 with cover, excerpt, author notes, review link, and availability. As I was finishing CRYPTONOMICON, I had two chance conversations with old friends. Quicksilver is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, pursuing 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.. Was the Command Line. Neal Stephenson, "the hottest science fiction writer in America", takes science fiction to dazzling new levels. By Neal Stephenson. QUICKSILVER – Neal Stephenson. Neal Stephenson is a writer from whom ideas erupt with the force of a volcano's pyroclastic flow.

Neal Stephenson, "the hottest science fiction writer in America", takes science fiction to dazzling new levels. You should never—never—accuse Stephenson of not doing his homework, not least because it’s not true, but also because he might then feel compelled to footnote, and then his already-sizable tomes will approach encyclopedic length.The meandering, dense narrative in this case proves one thing: he needs an editor.