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Bezig met laden... The Confusion (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 2) (editie 2005)door Neal Stephenson (Auteur)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Great book. ( ) A rollicking, faster-paced sequel to Quicksilver -- more REAMDE than Cryptonomicon. We've got a handle on the cast of characters, and now it's mostly action. Fun stuff, and more substantive on its own than most "Book 2 of 3" entries. Still with some trademark Stephenson-isms, though: a very faint whiff of the vaguely supernatural, some clever (but jolting) anachronisms, and a whiplash-inducing crash stop ending. I'm looking forward to The System of the World, though. Neal Stephenson is clearly having the time of his life writing these books, and The Confusion continues on nicely. It drops the "three books, each about a single character or pair of characters" structure from Quicksilver in favor of two books intermingled: Bonanza, following Jack's adventures following his being sold into slavery at the end of Quicksilver, and The Juncto, following Daniel and Eliza navigating European politics. Bonanza is a tremendously fun adventure tale that stretches the boundaries of belief just enough to be consistently amusing. If I were to dock it any points, it would be that it suffers too much from -- as the last part of Quicksilver did -- Stephenson eliding large stretches of time in order to move the plot along. The ending is a little pat, but makes for a hell of a Stephensonian "slam cut to black" while also neatly answering the question of where Jack is at the beginning of Quicksilver. The Juncto, like Odalisque before it, is choppy, but manages to improve on its predecessor. Daniel ends up being absent, or just glimpsed through his letters, for much of the story (reasonable, considering his surgery at the end of Quicksilver), and most of the focus goes to Eliza, who is shaping up into an interesting character. Overall, I'm really pleased with this -- I actually think I'll bump Quicksilver to a 5 -- and I'm looking forward to finishing off The System of the World this fall.
"Packed with more derring-do than a dozen pirate films and with smarter, sparklier dialogue than a handful of Pulitzer winners, this is run-and-gun adventure fiction of the most literate kind." Onderdeel van de reeks(en)The Baroque Cycle (Vol. II, Books 4-5) Is opgenomen inBevatThe Confusion, Part 2 of 3 {Baroque Cycle, Book 5a} door Neal Stephenson (indirect) The Confusion, Part 3 of 3 {Baroque Cycle, Book 5b} door Neal Stephenson (indirect) PrijzenOnderscheidingen
In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves -- including one Jack Shaftoe, aka King of the Vagabonds, aka Half-Cocked Jack -- devises a daring plan to win freedom and fortune. A great adventure ensues -- a perilous race for an enormous prize of silver ... nay, gold ... nay, legendary gold. In Europe, the exquisite and resourceful Eliza, Countess de la Zeur, is stripped of her immense personal fortune by France's most dashing privateer. Penniless and at risk from those who desire either her or her head (or both), she is caught up in a web of international intrigue, even as she desperately seeks the return of her most precious possession. Meanwhile, Newton and Leibniz continue to propound their grand theories as their infamous rivalry intensifies, stubborn alchemy does battle with the natural sciences, dastardly plots are set in motion ... and Daniel Waterhouse seeks passage to the Massachusetts colony in hopes of escaping the madness into which his world has descended. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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