Thursday, February 16, 2006
&bull posted by Matt
Wharton @ 12:38 PM
I stumbled across the website Storycode yesterday and it may prove to be an excellent source of recommendations for my future reading.
StoryCode.co.uk is a unique source of inspiring book recommendations and a great way to find the next book to read. And its power comes from the collaborative passion of readers.
Users of the site are asked to code the books by answering several questions using a sliding scale system i.e. is this book humorous or serious or somewhere in between. Then a profile of the book is built and can be compared to thers in the database to find similar books.
So by looking at
The Confusion by Neal Stephenson I saw that the book
Some Danger Involved by Will Thomas was similar and liked what I read about it.
Modeled after the adventures of Sherlock Holmes, but with a verve all its own, this debut mystery introduces a likable pair of sleuths and explores the Jewish quarter of Victorian London.
And promptly purchased it from
Amazon.co.ukWe'll have to see how this works out once I've read the novel, but I'm intrigued by the idea of Storycode.
Labels: books, Neal Stephenson
Wednesday, March 31, 2004
&bull posted by Matt
Wharton @ 12:55 PM
This morning I received a message from Harper Collins.
Hello electricinca
Your selected author, Neal Stephenson, has the following new book(s) going on sale in two weeks!
The Confusion: Volume Two of The Baroque Cycle (Hardcover). For more information about this book go to:
http://www.harpercollins.com/rd_om/authortracker/book/0060523867
Best regards,
HarperCollins Publishers
I should soon be receiving the copy of 'The Confusion: Volume Two of The Baroque Cycle' that I pre-ordered from Amazon, I can't wait.
Labels: books, Neal Stephenson
Tuesday, October 07, 2003
&bull posted by Matt
Wharton @ 4:02 PM
Quicksilver : Volume One of The Baroque Cycle
Neal Stephenson
In this wonderfully inventive follow-up to his bestseller Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson brings to life a cast of unforgettable characters in a time of breathtaking genius and discovery, men and women whose exploits defined an age known as the Baroque.
Daniel Waterhouse possesses a brilliant scientific mind -- and yet knows that his genius is dwarfed by that of his friends Isaac Newton, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, and Robert Hooke. He rejects the arcane tradition of alchemy, even as it is giving birth to new ways of understanding the world.
Jack Shaftoe began his life as a London street urchin and is now a reckless wanderer in search of great fortune. The intrepid exploits of Half-Cocked Jack, King of the Vagabonds, are quickly becoming the stuff of legend throughout Europe.
Eliza is a young woman whose ingenuity is all that keeps her alive after being set adrift from the Turkish harem in which she has been imprisoned since she was a child.
Daniel, Jack, and Eliza will traverse a landscape populated by mad alchemists, Barbary pirates, and bawdy courtiers, as well as historical figures including Samuel Pepys, Ben Franklin, and other great minds of the age. Traveling from the infant American colonies to the Tower of London to the glittering courts of Louis XIV, and all manner of places in between, this magnificent historical epic brings to vivid life a time like no other, and establishes its author as one of the preeminent talents of our own age.
Labels: books, Neal Stephenson
Thursday, October 02, 2003
&bull posted by Matt
Wharton @ 10:03 AM
