Neal Stephenson

Quicksilver

Volume one of the baroque cycle

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Including a cast of characters such as Newton, Leibniz, Christopher Wren, Charles II, Cromwell and the young Benjamin Franklin, this book shows the ability to get inside a place and time; and more.

Produktdetails

• The Baroque Cycle Vol.1
• Verlag: Arrow Books / Random House UK
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 540694
• Seitenzahl: 927
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 198mm x 130mm x 53mm
• Gewicht: 672g
• ISBN-13: 9780099410683
• ISBN-10: 0099410680
• Artikelnr.: 12763928

Autorenporträt

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.

Rezensionen

[A] massive tour-de-force- Dense, witty, erudite, packed with fascinating characters, and gripping despite a distended length, Quicksilver is both a worthy prequel to Cryptonomicon, and an indication that Stephenson's Baroque Cycle is shaping up to be a far more impressive literary endeavour than most so-called "serious" fiction - No scholarly, and intellectually provocative, historical novel has been this much fun since The Name of the Rose. Charles Shaar Murray Independent