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Dave   Johnson
Jan 12, 2008 rated it it was ok
i realized that i couldnt just review this once, but i would have to review it three times, one for each of the books. so here it is so far:

book 1, Quicksilver (read in Dec 07):
4 stars
i enjoyed this book a lot. it wasnt as good as Snow Crash or Cryptonomicon, but it was still entertaining. one thing that really amazed me was how much historical info was in here (even if it was exaggerated or false). there were so many times when i just wanted to ask Stephenson, "Where the heck did you find a
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JM
Apr 13, 2016 added it
Shelves: did-not-finish
Was not working for me.
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Scott
Apr 16, 2009 marked it as to-read
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Kelekolio Malakina
Jul 08, 2009 marked it as to-read
Tom
Jul 14, 2009 marked it as to-read
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Jonathan
Dec 13, 2009 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
E
Jul 18, 2011 added it
Steve
Jan 02, 2012 marked it as to-read
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Jun 05, 2013 marked it as to-read
Annie
Apr 20, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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Lacy
Aug 25, 2014 marked it as to-read
Reads with Scotch
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Dec 07, 2014 rated it liked it
Amy
Jan 21, 2016 marked it as books-i-own-to-read
Shelves: kindle