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I see a lot of discussion about Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon whenever a Stephenson discussion pops up on SA for whatever reason, but very little about the Baroque Cycle. Personally I don't really enjoy any of his books other than the Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver in particular) - do most people not care for them?
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precision posted:It took me a couple tries to finish Quicksilver, but once I did I powered through The Confusion and System of the World in about a month. poo poo picks up really fast once the Minerva finally gets out of the Bay (though since you got to Jack and Eliza you already got past that part, so). I am not sure how so many people are consistently stymied by the young Daniel section of the story. I could read Stephenson describe madcap experiments to prove spontaneous generation, on the salubrious properties of quicksilver, in which retinas are damaged through sun exposure to determine the curvature of the eye, etc. forever. Jack's portions of the trilogy are alternately amusing and deadly dull, but rarely did I ever feel as pulled into the period during Jack's sections as the rest. A standout exception I think is Jack's adventure through the siege of Vienna.
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Mar 31, 2014 02:26
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Pwnstar posted:I like how in the Baroque cycle Jack ends up being more noteworthy and infamous around the world than a lot of the "important" people. That's sort of Jack's purpose, really. He's there so Stephenson can write about exotic locales and interesting people that Daniel and Eliza have no reason to ever encounter due to his low class, and to randomly intersect with their stories, usually to move them great distances because traveling chaos is the definition of Jack.
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Apr 4, 2014 20:41
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