Neal Stephenson's 'Quicksilver'

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Neal Stephenson's 'Quicksilver'

Post by MadMichael » Oct 1st 2003, 7:13 am

Fans of 'Snowcrash', 'The Diamond Age', and 'Cryptonomicon' will probably want to seek out 'Quicksilver', 1000 pages thick and the start of a new trilogy. Here's a couple of reviews:
http://slate.msn.com/id/2088510/
http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2003/09 ... index.html

Also by Stephenson, 'In the Beginning was the Command Line' is not fiction, it's a long article on computer operating systems, and the full text is available online here (I ordered the hardcopy version along with 'Quicksilver' from amazon.com):
http://www.spack.org/index.cgi/InTheBeg ... ommandLine
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Post by fnordboy » Oct 1st 2003, 10:24 am

Cool didn't even know about this book. Thanks for the heads up :)

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