Baroque cycle

[Drkeyedayla at aol.com]

Congrats!!  ;-)  I am most of the way through my  second "round" of the 
Baroque Cycle ( finally able to read them immediatly  following each other ), so I 
suppose it is redundant to allow that I enjoyed  them immensely. There really 
is no comparison to Pynchon, but  Stephenson has definately become much more 
"pynchonesque" in flavor, a tendency  that is visible even in his earlier 
novels. He certainly has come lightyears  since his science ficton/cyberpunk 
beginnings! It will be interesting to follow  as his writing style continues to 
mature- his wry sense of humor, tendency to  follow strange tangents, whimsical 
character descriptions (along with that  strange name thing...), and ability to 
hold together synchronistic,  multilayered plots to a surprising depth all put 
me in mind of T.P.'s writing,  and although his command of language is 
marvelous, it is not comparable to  Pynchon at his frenzied best (not surprising, he 
is in a class by  himself....). All together an epic effort by an author 
whose best, I'm sure, is  yet to come! Any one who has enjoyed the Baroque Cycle 
should also pick up his  previous novel, "Cryptonomicon", as many of the 
characters  have their  antecedents in Quicksilver, etc. ; also a few other strange  
connections.....
 
                                                                enjoy!     
inky
 
 
Blessed is the lion that
the man will devour, and the  lion
will become man. And loathsome is
the man that the lion will  devour,
and the lion will become man.

Gospel of Thomas, Logion  7

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