Neal Stephenson on Quicksilver
(and I'm paraphrasing here) "Quicksilver is a long arguement between Leibnitz and Newton with privateering and swordfights thrown in to keep it interesting."
I've returned from the swamped reading that took place tonight. Neal Stephenson has a bit of a fan base here in Seattle. Not surprising since he is a local. The other bon mot I appreciated was his comment that writing is an athletic exercise and not just an intellectual one. The first draft of The Baroque Cycle was done longhand. Close to a million words. On paper. Word by word. The mind boggles.
Annotations to The Baroque Cycle are going to appear at www.metaweb.com
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