'Quicksilver' Website and Release Date

EvilBastard writes "Neil Stephenson's next book in the Baroque Cycle, Quicksilver, now has a publishing date of the 23rd of September, 2003. This book appears to follow the Shaftoe, Waterhouse and Root family line back to the early 18th Century. You can find a short extract online."

From what I hear...

[Repugnant_Shit]

Even in the the 1700s the Shaftoes were some bad mutha-

Re:From what I hear...

[Wesley Felter]

Shut yo' mouth!

don't forget The Big U

[MORTAR_COMBAT!]

I alternated between laughing "I know that guy" and shivering "I am that guy".

Re:Don't ya just love it...

[Anonymous Coward]

Try trying "Neal Stephenson" in that search box thingie at http://www.google.com/ (a search engine, just in case you haven't heard of it either). You might be surprised at the result.

Re:From what I hear...

[spookymonster]

Jus' talkin' 'bout Shaftoe...

Re:Next Book?

[Laplace]

So this is the prequel to Cryptonomicon basically.

I heard that he wants to make the prequel kid-friendly, and is introducing a large-eared sidekick that has an amusing Jamacian accent. I'm really looking forward to this one.

The sky is falling!

[xmutex]

OMFG, the /. editors let a misspelling of NEAL Stephenson through.

Heresy!

Shucks

[IWantMoreSpamPlease]

..Neil Stephenson's next book in the Baroque Cycle...

And here I sit, out of Monet.

Baroque of course, from trying to keep up with all the excellent books by David Drake (Hammers Slammers fame)

Can you tell me where the waves are?

[PhillC]

I almost thought there was a story about surfing on /.

http://www.quiksilver.com/

You know, water, sand, sun and all that outdoors stuff.

Re:From what I hear...

[stinkwinkerton]

I can dig it.

what I want to know....

[John Harrison]

Did his speech start out incredibly detailed and textured, only to accelerate about halfway through? At that point was he only sketching out ideas rather than exploring them? Did it get faster and faster until he ended suddenly with an unfinished sentence, quickly walking off the stage, leaving everyone to wonder about the details?

I enjoy his books, but his tendancy to "accelerate" makes me think that he gets bored with them far sooner than I do.

Re:Will it have a good ending?

[Mr. Bad Example]

OK, so this is pretty close to trolling, but will the wrap up of the story and finale be done well this time round?

Naturally! The new books are part of what he's calling the Baroque Cycle, so he's just obeying the old edict:

"If it ain't Baroque, don't finish it."

Re:what I want to know....

[I Want GNU!]

Were you at the lecture too?