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'Quicksilver' Website and Release Date

Posted by michael on from the geek-porn dept.

EvilBastard writes "Neil Stephenson's next book in the Baroque Cycle, Quicksilver, now has a publishing date of the 23rd of September, 2003. This book appears to follow the Shaftoe, Waterhouse and Root family line back to the early 18th Century. You can find a short extract online."

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  1. If you're into this kind of thing... by A+Proud+American · · Score: 5, Informative
    I recommend the following:

    Pattern Recognition by William Gibson

    Signal to Noise by Eric S. Nylund

    Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom by Cory Doctorow

  2. Re:Next Book? by Capt_Troy · · Score: 5, Informative

    This is the first book in the timeline. Cryptonomicon is related (as are the characteres therein) but comes after Quicksilver time wise. So this is the prequel to Cryptonomicon basically.

    If this thing is half as good as Cryptonomicon, it will be worth reading IMHO...

  3. Re:For those of you who don't know who this is... by oldmildog · · Score: 5, Informative

    BTW, "In the Beginning was the Command Line" can be downloaded for free (yes, legitimately) from his website.

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  4. sequel to nylund's _signal to noise_ by kcm · · Score: 5, Informative

    yes, it's called _A Signal Shattered_, and it was jus as good if not better. wish he'd do another..

  5. I did some work for him on this book by Jack+Wagner · · Score: 5, Informative
    Neal's research staff contacted me two years ago and I did some minor work for him, via email (I never met him so don't go all crazy and ask for details) and was paid very well, considering it was research for a book.

    Neal's a pretty sharp guy but he outsources a lot of his research to proffesionals (makes sense) and has several staff people help him put the pieces together, as it were.

    I offered my services as part of the FTEST (final tech editing service team) but Neal didn't want a computer pundit as much as he was looking for science pundits. Ah well, at least now I'm in his rolodex and hopefully I'll get more chances to work with him.

    Warmest regards,
    --Jack

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