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I read it again last year and picked up on a few things that had slipped past my understanding the first time around. I had originally assumed that the present
by anonymousisme 6y ago
I read it again last year and picked up on a few things that had slipped past my understanding the first time around. I had originally assumed that the present day Enoch Root was the child of Bobby's Nordic girlfriend, but it was obviously not the case upon my second reading. A few web searches revealed the supernatural nature of Root.
I always wondered if Stephenson chose the name "Enoch Root" on a dare, or maybe he has some other story. It's probably something related to an "Enterprise NOC Root" computer account.
- knowaveragejoe 6y agoEnoch is a character in multiple biblical stories: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_(ancestor_of_Noah) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_(ancestor_of_Noah) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_(son_of_Cain) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enoch_(son_of_Cain)
- mercurialshark 6y agoYes and when Neal was asked about Enoch during a speaking appearance, he noted that Enoch was one of the first people in the bible whose death wasn't recorded/noted. Apparently, most people early in the bible that were mentioned had both birth/death notated. At some point they stopped bothering with so many new parties introduced and he was one of (if not the) first to not have their story/death brought to a conclusion.
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- mark242 6y agoEnoch Root is a pretty interesting guy. You should read the Baroque Cycle series to get a little bit of his backstory.
- egl2020 6y ago"...the child of Bobby's Nordic girlfriend..." does have a role in the modern-day episodes (probably). I didn't figure this out until my second or third reading.