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The Baroque Cycle

The Baroque Cycle is a series of novels by American writer Neal Stephenson. It was published in three volumes containing eight books in 2003 and 2004. The story follows the adventures of a sizable cast of characters living amidst some of the central events of the late 17th and early 18th centuries in Europe, Africa, Asia, and Central America. Despite…

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The Baroque Cycle

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Edges55
Triples26
Avg. degree1.96
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The Baroque Cycle

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related to Inspiration · 11
The Baroque Cycle → Commercium Epistolicum, Cryptonomicon, Darwin, Further, George Dyson, He, Leibniz, Machines, Newton, Newton's, Stephenson
related to External links · 10
The Baroque Cycle → Baroque, Glenn Reynolds, Guardian Unlimited, Locus Magazine, Modern World, Neal Stephenson, Neal StephensonThe Source, Reynolds, Tech Central StationBack, The Weekly Standard
related to Books · 2
The Baroque Cycle → Appearing, Stephenson
related to Critical response · 2
The Baroque Cycle → Robert Wiersem, The Toronto Star
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The Baroque Cycle → series of novels by American writer Neal Stephenson

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The Baroque Cycleis aseries of novels by American writer Neal Stephenson0.90text
The Baroque Cyclerelated to BooksStephenson0.60section
The Baroque Cyclerelated to BooksAppearing0.60section
The Baroque Cyclerelated to Critical responseRobert Wiersem0.60section
The Baroque Cyclerelated to Critical responseThe Toronto Star0.60section
The Baroque Cyclerelated to External linksLocus Magazine0.60section
The Baroque Cyclerelated to External linksNeal StephensonThe Source0.60section
The Baroque Cyclerelated to External linksModern World0.60section
The Baroque Cyclerelated to External linksGlenn Reynolds0.60section
The Baroque Cyclerelated to External linksTech Central StationBack0.60section
The Baroque Cyclerelated to External linksBaroque0.60section
The Baroque Cyclerelated to External linksReynolds0.60section

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