Doug, Stephenson's work sounds great but great work too. Thanks for the
warning. I'm an abysmally slow reader, wanting, always to get every
word. Undaunted, however, I shall attempt it.
Cheers,
Mari-Lou
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Mari-Lou
The Stephenson werke is worth reading, but it's three books, The
Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, & The System of the World)
more than 2500 pages long. I loved it, an historical fantasy on the
change from alchemy to science & the philosophical shifts that
accompanied that, with an adventure story of pirates, tough ladies,
European wars, competing philosophers (Newton vs Leibniz) etc. thrown
in. I think Stephenson tries to be accurate as to the thinking of those
2 masters, but it is a fantastic fiction...
Doug
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