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“I find this to be the best volume of Neal Stephenson's post-modern trip through The Enlightenment, though it shouldn't be taken without it's siblings Quicksilver and The System of the World. Stephenson's characters age in a dramatically human way, and he divides his time between the rise of economic changes that will eventually give rise to capitalism, and the daring do and silliness of high adventure.”
