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Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, #1)
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it took me about a year to get through this one. somewhat worth it, and i will get around to the second and third books of this gargantuan trilogy eventually. i learned a lot about the philosopher-scientists and byzantine politics and what it actually was like to live in the tumultuous times depicted...and didn't learn a whole lot about the inner life of a couple of the central characters. but there are dozens and dozens of truly fascinating and wonderfully written passages depicting all sorts of dramatic and at-times morbid events - more than enough to make up for the relentless and dry detailing of every frickin' scientific, economic or philosophic theory ever contemplated.
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Finished Reading
June 19, 2007
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October 30, 2011
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December 16, 2018
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Mar 17, 2013 06:28AM
Cryptonomicon was the same way for me. I picked it up and put it down at least three times. It was such a huge read. I'm not sure how it relates to this series other than the same/similar character names, but I do highly recommend it. You can learn way more than you ever need to know about cryptography from WWII and into modern day.
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i think there is some connection between that novel and this series, but for the life of me i can't remember what. maybe a character in Cryptonomicon is a descendant of a character in the Baroque Cycle?
