[LexBaird]

No one's mentioned Quicksilver yet so I will. Read it a couple months ago and really enjoyed it.

The other two books of the trilogy are out in hardback. If you liked Quicksilver, try Cryptonomicon, also by Neil Stephenson. I consider it his best book to date, and it has some interesting ties to the Baroque Cycle: Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World.

[katana]

Based on Quicksilver they're all now on my list. I like books that make your brain tingle, but I'm a cheap SOB who travels a lot and tend to wait for lightweight paperbacks I can haul on trips.