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Yep, it's Stephenson. Personally, I think it's much better than Snow Crash, but the pacing is very different. Like many of his more recent novels, the narrative is meandering with lots of little digressions.

 

Baroque Cycle is a beast of a series: something like 2700 pages all told, originally in 3 volumes (I think now they sell paperbacks that split it into 8 books). It's about a great many things, but broadly it's about how many of our modern concepts of currency, banking, and science evolved out of bartering, goldsmiths, alchemy, and natural philosophy -- but these themes are set against the backdrop of the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th. So on the one hand you have a Puritan-raised natural philosopher as one of the main characters, a former roommate and longtime friend and acquaintance of Isaac Newton (who features prominently as a supporting character, along with Leibnitz and a great many other scientists, big minds, and politicians of the time, including (but not limited to: Blackbeard, D'Artagnan, William the Prince of Orange, King Louis "The Sun King" XIV, and Peter the Great). On the other, you have Half-Cocked Jack, King of the Vagabonds, a ne'er-do-well who roams Europe (and eventually, the world) getting into all sorts of wild and completely insane adventures involving piracy, Spanish treasure from the New World, rogue kingdoms in exotic India, and so forth.

 

Believe it or not, it all comes together in a splendidly—well, baroque, frankly—fashion. But you've got to be prepared, otherwise it will eat you whole. If I was pitching it to an HBO exec I'd say it's Deadwood meets Pirates of the Caribbean.

 

It's a prequel to Cryptnomicon, if that means anything.

 

sounds awesome, i haven't read anything in a while but i might pick it up, so thanks for the rec.

 

and i remember reading the opening for Cryptonomicon, about how all humans are like genetically engineered badasses. Stephenson's openings are GOAT.

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Uh...

 

What did he do?

 

He's trending higher than TFIOS right now. He's getting mad clowned. If you're a Rockets fan then he may be noticeably absent from the line up next season.  :lol:

 

Just check twitter. I'm gonna drop a hint though.

 

Funniest Dwight Howard meme so far lmao pic.twitter.com/KDiQoDfCx6

 
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I like the actor but he does feel underwritten. What's different about him? (Don't spoil upcoming episodes!)

He is less fanatical, more reluctant to heed Melisandre's claims, and he has a good sense of dry humor.
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He's trending higher than TFIOS right now. He's getting mad clowned. If you're a Rockets fan then he may be noticeably absent from the line up next season.  :lol:

 

Just check twitter. I'm gonna drop a hint though.

 

Funniest Dwight Howard meme so far lmao pic.twitter.com/KDiQoDfCx6

 
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Fml

 

(I'm from Houston)

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He is less fanatical, more reluctant to heed Melisandre's claims, and he has a good sense of dry humor.

 

and he's the rightful heir to the throne, Damn it.

 

Long Live Stannis.

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Theater counts for the weekend

 

Rank LW Title Distributor Theater Count Change % Change Week #
> NEW RELEASES
3 - Edge of Tomorrow Warner Bros. 3,490 - - 1
4 - The Fault in our Stars Fox 3,173 - - 1
33 - Anna Unknown 10 - - 1
34 - Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon Radius-TWC 4 - - 1
35 - Citizen Koch Variance Films 1 - - 1
36 - Test Variance Films 1 - - 1
> EXPANDING
5 5 A Million Ways to Die in the West Universal 3,160 +2 +0.1% 2
11 12 Chef Open Road Films 1,298 +674 +108.0% 5
31 81 Night Moves Cinedigm Entertainment 31 +29 +1,450.0% 2
> NO CHANGE
1 2 Maleficent Buena Vista 3,948 - - 2
30 47 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (IMAX) Warner Bros. 39 - - 10
> DECLINING
2 1 X-Men: Days of Future Past Fox 3,639 -362 -9.0% 3
6 4 Godzilla (2014) Warner Bros. 3,110 -391 -11.2% 4
7 3 Blended Warner Bros. 2,928 -627 -17.6% 3
8 6 Neighbors Universal 2,673 -266 -9.1% 5
9 7 Million Dollar Arm Buena Vista 1,643 -686 -29.5% 4
10 8 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Sony / Columbia 1,481 -671 -31.2% 6
12 10 Rio 2 Fox 702 -281 -28.6% 9
13 9 The Other Woman (2014) Fox 489 -625 -56.1% 7
14 14 Belle Fox Searchlight 476 -49 -9.3% 6
15 11 Heaven is for Real TriStar 446 -276 -38.2% 8
16 13 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Buena Vista 317 -222 -41.2% 10
17 17 Divergent Lionsgate/Summit 298 -75 -20.1% 12
18 16 Moms' Night Out TriStar 292 -91 -23.8% 5
19 18 The LEGO Movie Warner Bros. 274 -28 -9.3% 18
20 19 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Fox 224 -30 -11.8% 14
21 20 The Grand Budapest Hotel Fox Searchlight 185 -64 -25.7% 14
22 15 The Railway Man Weinstein Company 177 -319 -64.3% 9
23 27 The Immigrant Weinstein Company 145 -5 -3.3% 4
24 22 Noah Paramount 136 -46 -25.3% 11
25 24 Draft Day Lionsgate/Summit 113 -60 -34.7% 9
26 28 Transcendence Warner Bros. 105 -23 -18.0% 8
27 30 Fed Up Radius-TWC 88 -16 -15.4% 5
28 32 Fading Gigolo Millennium Ent. 54 -36 -40.0% 8
29 42 The Lunchbox Sony Classics 46 -8 -14.8% 15
32 43 Only Lovers Left Alive Sony Classics 30 -22 -42.3% 9

 

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Damn you! (but I can't resist)

 

The Baroque Cycle

Cryptonomicon

Anathem

The Diamond Age

Snow Crash

Reamde

The Mongoliad

Zodiac

 

The Diamond Age

Anathem (the novel where he FINALLY figured out how to write an ending!)

The Baroque Cycle

Snow Crash

Crypotnomicon

Zodiac

Reamde (I was severely disappointed.)

 

Haven't read The Mongoliad.

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Theater counts for the weekend

 

Rank LW Title Distributor Theater Count Change % Change Week # > NEW RELEASES 3 - Edge of Tomorrow Warner Bros. 3,490 - - 1 4 - The Fault in our Stars Fox 3,173 - - 1 33 - Anna Unknown 10 - - 1 34 - Supermensch: The Legend of Shep Gordon Radius-TWC 4 - - 1 35 - Citizen Koch Variance Films 1 - - 1 36 - Test Variance Films 1 - - 1 > EXPANDING 5 5 A Million Ways to Die in the West Universal 3,160 +2 +0.1% 2 11 12 Chef Open Road Films 1,298 +674 +108.0% 5 31 81 Night Moves Cinedigm Entertainment 31 +29 +1,450.0% 2 > NO CHANGE 1 2 Maleficent Buena Vista 3,948 - - 2 30 47 Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (IMAX) Warner Bros. 39 - - 10 > DECLINING 2 1 X-Men: Days of Future Past Fox 3,639 -362 -9.0% 3 6 4 Godzilla (2014) Warner Bros. 3,110 -391 -11.2% 4 7 3 Blended Warner Bros. 2,928 -627 -17.6% 3 8 6 Neighbors Universal 2,673 -266 -9.1% 5 9 7 Million Dollar Arm Buena Vista 1,643 -686 -29.5% 4 10 8 The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Sony / Columbia 1,481 -671 -31.2% 6 12 10 Rio 2 Fox 702 -281 -28.6% 9 13 9 The Other Woman (2014) Fox 489 -625 -56.1% 7 14 14 Belle Fox Searchlight 476 -49 -9.3% 6 15 11 Heaven is for Real TriStar 446 -276 -38.2% 8 16 13 Captain America: The Winter Soldier Buena Vista 317 -222 -41.2% 10 17 17 Divergent Lionsgate/Summit 298 -75 -20.1% 12 18 16 Moms' Night Out TriStar 292 -91 -23.8% 5 19 18 The LEGO Movie Warner Bros. 274 -28 -9.3% 18 20 19 Mr. Peabody & Sherman Fox 224 -30 -11.8% 14 21 20 The Grand Budapest Hotel Fox Searchlight 185 -64 -25.7% 14 22 15 The Railway Man Weinstein Company 177 -319 -64.3% 9 23 27 The Immigrant Weinstein Company 145 -5 -3.3% 4 24 22 Noah Paramount 136 -46 -25.3% 11 25 24 Draft Day Lionsgate/Summit 113 -60 -34.7% 9 26 28 Transcendence Warner Bros. 105 -23 -18.0% 8 27 30 Fed Up Radius-TWC 88 -16 -15.4% 5 28 32 Fading Gigolo Millennium Ent. 54 -36 -40.0% 8 29 42 The Lunchbox Sony Classics 46 -8 -14.8% 15 32 43 Only Lovers Left Alive Sony Classics 30 -22 -42.3% 9

 

Great for Chef, expanding. Hope it keeps building momentum.

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