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ISBN: 0060750863
Harper Perennial (2005), Paperback, 928 pages
LibraryThing
| This is book six of the Baroque Cycle, following on from Quicksilver, King of the Vagabonds, Odalisque, Bonanza, and The Juncto (the last two of which are referred to as The Confusion when read together as a single volume).
I'm glad that I accidentally read Longitude before this book, as in this work Daniel is a proponent of the lunar distance method, which was one of the main contenders to win the Longitude Prize. Lord Ravenscar proposed the prize in the book, which is a nice plot element. He of course wants to win the prize as well.
This book is much faster moving than most of the previous (except perhaps for King of the Vagabonds and Bonanza). Its a good read, and I can see how all of the previous setup is starting to pay off.
Tags for this post: book neal_stephenson baroque_cycle natural_philosophy longitude london
Related posts: Quicksilver; The Confusion; Bonanza; Longitude; King of the Vagabonds; The Juncto; Odalisque; Cryptonomicon; Cryptonomicon
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posted at: 11:14 | path: /book/Neal_Stephenson | permanent link to this entry
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ISBN: 0452296315
LibraryThing
| This is the memoir of a Jewish girl from New York who ends up working in the Harem of a Prince of Brunei. Its not so much a story about Harem life, although that's mentioned in places. Its more about Jillian's psychological journey, her troubled childhood, and working out who she is in the world. Worryingly, that final issue isn't really resolved in the book, which is frustrating. The book is surprisingly readable, and you genuinely start to care about Jillian along the way, even if a few of her decisions seem pretty suboptimal to me. A good read.
Tags for this post: book jillian_lauren non_fiction prostitution harem brunei
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posted at: 16:16 | path: /book/Jillian_Lauren | permanent link to this entry
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Sun, 01 Aug 2010
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