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I'm just wrapping up reading The Confusion by Neal Stephenson. The collection, the Baroque Cycle, dramatizes much of Newton's alchemikal endeavours. It's a bril
by ASlave2Gravity 8y ago
I'm just wrapping up reading The Confusion by Neal Stephenson. The collection, the Baroque Cycle, dramatizes much of Newton's alchemikal endeavours. It's a brilliant read.
- KineticLensman 8y agoAgree. It's a great example of a science fiction writer who brings their SF perspective to historical events / technologies (in this case the invention of science and modern financial systems) that to the characters are massively disruptive. The beginning and end events (spoiler...) where the same character as a boy witnesses the hanging of a witch and as a (very) old man sees a commercial steam engine are great bookmarks on a massively transformative period of history.