Baroque Cycle?
Neal Stephenson tomes, the first one was Quicksilver, I think. Age of Enlightenment prequels to Cryptonomicon, more or less.
Can't any one of your damn little Scooby club at least try to remember that I hate you all?
Spike ,'Get It Done'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
-t - Jul 22, 2005 9:52:22 am PDT #8467 of 10002
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Gandalfe - Jul 22, 2005 9:52:23 am PDT #8468 of 10002
The generation that could change the world is still looking for its car keys.
Baroque Cycle - Neal Stephenson's novels, set during the, what, 1600s? I couldn't even finish the first one, it induced snores in me, and I normally like his work.
Due to various hand problems, I am pretty much physically incapable of reading hardback books without a physical desk to set it on.
JohnSweden - Jul 22, 2005 10:16:17 am PDT #8469 of 10002
I can't even.
Baroque Cycle - Neal Stephenson's novels, set during the, what, 1600s? I couldn't even finish the first one, it induced snores in me, and I normally like his work.
This is me. I will give the Baroque Cycle another try sometime, but Quicksilver wasn't grabbing me and I've read and enjoyed his previous stuff.
Emily - Jul 22, 2005 10:21:39 am PDT #8470 of 10002
"In the equation E = mc⬧, c⬧ is a pretty big honking number." - Scola
The ex gave me the first two, and I fought and clawed my way through the first one, but the second... Maybe I'll get around to it one day, but I'll have forgotten everything that happened in the first one!
Alicia K - Jul 22, 2005 12:03:29 pm PDT #8471 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
Is there a site anywhere that might sum up what happens in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander? I read it several years ago and want to read the next book, but can't remember what the heck really happened, other than Woman Time Travels, Woman Has Hot Sex With Man In Past, Man In Past Undergoes Woeful Trauma (and if you read the book, I think you know what I mean).
Topic!Cindy - Jul 22, 2005 12:05:24 pm PDT #8472 of 10002
What is even happening?
Alicia, that's pretty much the book.
Alicia K - Jul 22, 2005 12:33:37 pm PDT #8473 of 10002
Uncertainty could be our guiding light.
Ha! Excellent. I couldn't remember if there was something important I'd need to remember before starting the next book.
Because I'd forgotten most of Harry Potter 5 before starting the new one, and was so frustrated for about half of it, because I wished I'd gone and skimmed 5 again to remind myself. Outlander would not make for good skimming.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 22, 2005 1:07:51 pm PDT #8474 of 10002
What is even happening?
No. You might want to read the final chapter or two. It's been ages since I've read it. Do you have an LJ and if so, do you know smonster (who used to post here, mostly in Bitches, sometimes)? She *just* read it. smonster's lj. She might be able to tell you if there's anything else important. * Doesn't Claire come back to the present time at the end? I can't remember ?
brenda m - Jul 22, 2005 1:10:30 pm PDT #8475 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I think at the end of the first book she decides to stay. It's in the second book that she goes back. That's also where the Bad Things happen.
Topic!Cindy - Jul 22, 2005 1:16:58 pm PDT #8476 of 10002
What is even happening?
Okay. I think I read the first three all together, and I might have a fourth (or even fifth), but it's been so long.
I never had luck finding good book recaps online. I know they must exist, but all I find is short summaries.