Re: Neal Stephenson's, the Baroque Trilogy

From: hockenmeenchianuk (hoochaim_at_ai5.net)
Date: 01/27/05 

Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 01:07:14 -0600

CBFalconer wrote:

> Bill Unruh wrote:
> > "John Berg" <johnberg@mchsi.com> writes:
> >
> >> The "moment" is point at which the controversy over whether the
> >> English (Newton) invented calculus or the German (Leibnez) did.
> >> But deeper than that, Stephenson points to the fact that one of
> >> the inventors might have prevented the progress of alchemy into
> >> science. Before the trilogy is complete, the English and German
> >> are combined.
> >
> >> The sweep of the trilogy is from the beheading of James to
> >> coronation of George.
> >
> > What James? No James was ever beheaded in the UK, nor I suspect
> > the rest of the world. Did you mean Charles? 1649
> > And which George? There have been many of them ( the latest in
> > the 1930's). Or again do you mean George I? 1714?
>
> We just finished crowning George XXXXIII at a cost of 80 millions
> or so. At least he will be gone in another four years.
>
>

This George never heard of the others.

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