One down, two to go
I finished Quicksilver last night, finally. Since I only have an hour or two a day for pleasure reading, it took almost two months to finish this 900 pound gorilla. Was it worth it? Most definitely. I’ve never so thoroughly enjoyed a novel of its size and breadth. Stephenson’s style is fluid and breezy. He occassionally lapsed into gratuitous explanations of geeky subjects, such as cryptography, and arcana, such as warfare stragies and technology of the 17th century, but I enjoyed these digressions despite their awkwardness. I’m looking forward to the paperback release of The Confusion.
While I wait, I will have to catch up on the mountain of periodicals that have accumulated on my bedside table over the last two months.
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