If you think aliens replaced your teachers or your neighbor might be a vampire
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an ode to books and to the libraries that house them
and accompanied by the carefully abridged text of the original novel
Quicksilver #1 (The Baroque Cycle) by Neal Stephenson rhyming If you think aliens replacedNeal Stephenson's Quicksilver is here. A monumental literary feat that follows the author's critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller Cryptonomicon, it is history, adventure, science, truth, invention, sex, absurdity, piracy, madness, death, and alchemy. It sweeps across continents and decades with the power of a roaring tornado, upending kings, armies, religious beliefs, and all expectations. It is the story of Daniel Waterhouse, fearless