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The first instalment of Stephenson's `Baroque' trilogy, `Quicksilver' is a mammoth doorstopper of a novel, following the lives of several characters through the late 1600's and exploring the various political and scientific intrigues of the times. Although on one level this novel acts as a distant prequel to Stephenson's earlier `Cryptonomicon', new readers can be assured that the links are tenuous enough that no prior knowledge is necessary to enjoy this work in isolation.
The novel itself is subdivided into three books: `Quicksilver' focuses on natural philosopher Daniel Waterhouse, detailing his early years in England with Isaac Newton and the Royal Society , and the… Read more
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In a very near future San Francisco a young hacker finds himself wrongfully imprisoned by the Department of Homeland Security following a new 9/11-size terrorist attack, and following his release determines to wage war against the oppressive regime...
'Little Brother' is a pacy and engaging read, but it's also a highly politicised book, and one that sometimes (OK, often) comes across as less a fictitious novel than it is the author's personal rant against the excesses of post 9/11 security. As such, ones enjoyment of this will doubtless depend on whether or not you agree with the politics. If you hate all forms of prying into your personal life by the government, and rail… Read more
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`Impossible Stories' collects together twenty-nine short stories, all but one of which are segments of five linked `story cycles': In `Time Gifts' a mysterious stranger offers the gift of time travel to four separate people; `Impossible Encounters' tells of a sequence of bizarre meetings that thrust normal people into the realms of the fantastic; `Seven Touches of Music' feature stories where music is the catalyst for the bizarre; `The Library' is a sequence of tales concerning books; and `Steps Through the Mist' details the dreamed adventures of five women.
Zivkovic's stories generally focus on the intrusion of the bizarre or fantastic into otherwise normal lives, often with… Read more
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