To: Cincinatus
Wow, I am going to have to check out Neal Stephenson's books. Sounds right down my alley. Historically-based fiction and alternate history, with a dose of science mixed in, is the genre I enjoy most.
Do you recommend any specific one? Or should I just start with Quicksilver?
Does anyone remember an obscure novel called Islandia? It was written probably in the 1920's and became something of a cult classic, I believe. I have thought of that book more than once when listening to the Democrats describe their perfect world.
60 posted on
12/13/2004 8:06:35 AM PST by
JustaCowgirl
(I don't know what I said yesterday, but I know what I think, and I assume that's what I said- Rummy)
To: JustaCowgirl
I've only read Quicksilver and I certainly do recommmend it. I assume that the other two books are equally interesting, but cannot attest to that as fact yet.
61 posted on
12/13/2004 10:02:50 AM PST by
Cincinatus
(Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
To: JustaCowgirl
Do you recommend any specific one? Or should I just start with Quicksilver? See post #72. It deals with codebreaking, jumping back and forth between WWII and modern computer crypto. Marvelous plot and both humorous and tragic.
73 posted on
12/13/2004 5:37:44 PM PST by
LexBaird
("Democracy can withstand anything but democrats" --Jubal Harshaw (RA Heinlein))
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