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Quicksilver Sample Pages -- Possible Spoilers

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Louann Miller

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Jan 8, 2003, 4:36:31 PM1/8/03
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You guys are to blame for this. I bought the mass market sized
"Cryptonomicon" just to get these sample pages. Any opinions so far?

nanospoiler: the scene we got must have been set about 1714, depending
on how well our viewpoint character guessed young Ben's age. (And if
Stephenson thinks that last name was supposed to be a shocker, he can
have three more guesses.)

Louann

David Bilek

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Jan 8, 2003, 6:42:14 PM1/8/03
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Louann Miller <loua...@yahoo.net> wrote:

Um? What was the last name?

Root?

-David

Josh Kaderlan

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Jan 8, 2003, 9:56:33 PM1/8/03
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I'd guess Franklin. (I haven't read the sample pages yet, though.)


-Josh

Michael S. Schiffer

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Jan 9, 2003, 12:21:28 AM1/9/03
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David Bilek <dbi...@attbi.com> wrote in
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> Louann Miller <loua...@yahoo.net> wrote:

I haven't read the excerpt, but from the date given I'm going to guess
"Franklin".

Mike

David Bilek

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Jan 9, 2003, 12:33:15 AM1/9/03
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Ooohhh, *Ben*'s last name.

Yes, Franklin would make sense.

-David

Louann Miller

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Jan 9, 2003, 9:52:45 AM1/9/03
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On Thu, 09 Jan 2003 05:33:15 GMT, David Bilek <dbi...@attbi.com>
wrote:

>>> Louann Miller <loua...@yahoo.net> wrote:

>>>>depending on how well our viewpoint character guessed young Ben's
>>>>age. (And if Stephenson thinks that last name was supposed to be a
>>>>shocker, he can have three more guesses.)
>>
>>> Um? What was the last name?
>>
>>> Root?
>>
>>I haven't read the excerpt, but from the date given I'm going to guess
>>"Franklin".
>>
>
>Ooohhh, *Ben*'s last name.
>
>Yes, Franklin would make sense.

And is in fact blazoned across the sky in big red letters by the kid's
behavior long before his last name is mentioned. Sorry that I was
unclear about whose last name I meant.

Jo Walton

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Jan 10, 2003, 4:16:19 PM1/10/03
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CRYPTONOMICON SPOILERS

My opinion was -- we were right, Enoch Root is an alchemist with the
philosopher's stone! Woo! And Randy was right to be impressed with how
old Societas Eruditorum is, even if he thought 1990 was old...

A re-read of _Cryptonomicon_ immediately after reading the sample
chapter showed me that I'd missed several mentions of the philosphoer's
stone in cigar box, most significantly I'd missed the fact that Rudy
knows all about it, and that Bobby Shaftoe was right to have been
thinking of himself as a dead man since Guadalcanal. (Very interesting
giant lizard too...) Gosh I love that book. I can hardly wait for the
rest of _Quicksilver_.

--
Jo I kissed a kif at Kefk blu...@vif.com
THE KING'S PEACE and THE KING'S NAME available in paperback.
THE PRIZE IN THE GAME out now!
sadly out-of-date webpage: http://www.bluejo.demon.co.uk

Thomas Themel

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Jan 23, 2003, 8:20:18 AM1/23/03
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Louann Miller <loua...@yahoo.net> wrote on 2003-01-08:
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> You guys are to blame for this. I bought the mass market sized
> "Cryptonomicon" just to get these sample pages. Any opinions so far?

Being an ignorant European, this is the first ever (and only - wrong
search terms?) reference I found to Quicksilver sample material in a
Cryptonomicon edition. Since everyone around here seems to know it,
could you confirm that for me and perhaps supply an ISBN or publisher?


Technically, it's already too late. As soon as I stumbled across this
article on Google, I rushed to amazon.com and ordered what I thought to
be the correct edition. If I'm going to be disappointed, however, I'd
appreciate some time to prepare.

ciao,
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[*Thomas Themel*] ...whatever you've done, whatever you've been,
[extended contact] is all, totally, one hundred percent, your own fault.
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Louann Miller

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Jan 23, 2003, 12:40:21 PM1/23/03
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On 23 Jan 2003 13:20:18 GMT, Thomas Themel

>Being an ignorant European, this is the first ever (and only - wrong
>search terms?) reference I found to Quicksilver sample material in a
>Cryptonomicon edition. Since everyone around here seems to know it,
>could you confirm that for me and perhaps supply an ISBN or publisher?
>
>
>Technically, it's already too late. As soon as I stumbled across this
>article on Google, I rushed to amazon.com and ordered what I thought to
>be the correct edition. If I'm going to be disappointed, however, I'd
>appreciate some time to prepare.

The ISBN for the edition I have with the sample is 0-06-051280-6. US
edition, mmpb, from Avon, marked simply 'fiction.' About an inch and a
half thick at the spine.

Louann

Thomas Themel

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Jan 23, 2003, 1:09:54 PM1/23/03
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Louann Miller <loua...@yahoo.net> wrote on 2003-01-23:
> The ISBN for the edition I have with the sample is 0-06-051280-6. US
> edition, mmpb, from Avon, marked simply 'fiction.' About an inch and a
> half thick at the spine.

I'm relieved to see it seems to be exactly what I ordered. Thanks!

ciao,
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