Quicksilver
May 2012 · Random House
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An endlessly rich and inventive historical fiction epic from the author of Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon, set amid the political intrigue, scientific revolution and religious conflict of 17th-century Europe. As philosophers, adventurers and spies navigate a rapidly changing world, fortunes are made and empires reshaped.
‘Genius ... You’ll wish it were longer.’ Time magazine
‘An astonishing achievement.’ Sunday Telegraph
WINNER OF THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD
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Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, moves among the era's greatest minds, as new ideas challenge old certainties, and where the world can be changed overnight.
The adventurer ‘Half-Cocked Jack’ escapes the streets of London and pursues fortune and infamy while the pox slowly tightens its grip.
And Eliza, rescued from a Turkish harem, reinvents herself as a spy, financier and pawn of the powerful, as the age of finance is born.
'Neal Stephenson rewrites history – for the dark prince of hacker fiction, looking backward is another way of seeing the future.’ Wired
The first book in the Baroque Cycle.
‘Genius ... You’ll wish it were longer.’ Time magazine
‘An astonishing achievement.’ Sunday Telegraph
WINNER OF THE ARTHUR C. CLARKE AWARD
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Daniel Waterhouse, fearless thinker and conflicted Puritan, moves among the era's greatest minds, as new ideas challenge old certainties, and where the world can be changed overnight.
The adventurer ‘Half-Cocked Jack’ escapes the streets of London and pursues fortune and infamy while the pox slowly tightens its grip.
And Eliza, rescued from a Turkish harem, reinvents herself as a spy, financier and pawn of the powerful, as the age of finance is born.
'Neal Stephenson rewrites history – for the dark prince of hacker fiction, looking backward is another way of seeing the future.’ Wired
The first book in the Baroque Cycle.
An endlessly rich and inventive historical fiction epic from the author of Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon, set amid the political intrigue, scientific revolution and religious conflict of 17th-century Europe. As philosophers, adventurers and spies navigate a rapidly changing world, fortunes are mad...
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28 reviews
Ian Williams (ianzcomix78)
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December 5, 2014
WTF. My head hurts after reading this but it was worth it. I actually felt that I was present during the great fire and the dawn of the scientific revolution. This was VERY hard work which is why I deducted one star.
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June 13, 2012
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel, yes it was difficult to get into for the first 100 or so pages, but once you get past that it becomes such a compelling story, wonderful to feel a part of that incredible period in world history. I completed the whole trilogy, some parts became a little tedious, but on the whole a most satisfying read.
Alan Murray
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November 16, 2014
Without doubt the best series of books I've ever read. Read them now.
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About the author
Neal Stephenson is the bestselling author of Reamde, Anathem; the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World); Cryptonomicon; The Diamond Age; Snow Crash, which was named one of Time magazine's top one hundred all-time best English-language novels; and Zodiac. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
Neal Stephenson is the bestselling author of Reamde, Anathem; the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World); Cryptonomicon; The Diamond Age; Snow Crash, which was named one of Time magazine's top one hundred all-time best English-lang...
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