Neal Stephenson
around 2700 pages total
Originally published in three volumes, now broken into smaller units for paperback
Historical fiction at its meatiest!
Neal Stephenson
around 2700 pages total
Originally published in three volumes, now broken into smaller units for paperback
Historical fiction at its meatiest!
It’s actually a prequel to Cryptonomicon, in itself an amazing book.
A prequel in three volumes, more history of science than you can shake a stick at at, and plenty of derring-do. Fab.
Pip pip!
I’ve been reading Cryptonomicon for some time now - it’s very hard to read such a complex book when you have children. Snatching half an hour here or there to read leaves you feeling like you have a fragmented veiw of the book, which is criminal for such excellent writing.
I got into his writing via The Diamond Age, Snow Crash and Zodiac
like I hadn’t already read that…
Hmmm. I LOVED Cryptonomicon (in my top 5 best books ever) but didn’t really like the Baroque Cycle as much. Too verbose for me. (I was shocked, b/c I also adored The Diamond Age and Snow Crash.) (Zodiac a bit less, but still liked it.)
I felt the same way. I never even finished the first book of the Cycle, which is mad considering it dips straight into fields I have interest in, right at a period of time which is so fascinating to me. Verbose, that would be a good way of putting it. I understand he was trying to emulate a certain writing style, but it just didn’t work for me.