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Quicksilver won the Arthur C. Clarke Award and was nominated for the Locus Award in 2004. [1] Stephenson organized the structure of Quicksilver such that chapters have been incorporated into three internal books titled "Quicksilver", "The King of the Vagabonds", and "Odalisque". In 2006, each internal book was released in separate paperback ...
The books travel throughout early modern Europe between the Restoration of the Stuart monarchy and the beginning of the 18th century. Though most of the focus is in Europe, the adventures of one character, Jack Shaftoe, do take him throughout the world, and the fledgling British colonies in North America are important to another (Daniel Waterhouse).
Title Year Type Pages Notes 1: The Silent Corner: 2017: novel: 464: 2: The Whispering Room: 2017: novel: 528: 0.5: The Bone Farm: 2018: novella: N/A: Audio only 3 ...
Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction.His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk and baroque.
Phyllis Ayame Whitney (September 9, 1903 – February 8, 2008 [1]) was an American mystery writer of more than 70 novels.. Born in Yokohama, Japan to American parents in 1903, she spent her early years in Asia.
"Ultimatum" is a 2009 comic book storyline published by Marvel Comics under its Ultimate Marvel imprint. It consists of a core five-issue eponymous miniseries written by Jeph Loeb and illustrated by David Finch that was published from January to September 2009, and a number of tie-in books.
Quicksilver (Pietro Django Maximoff) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character first appeared in the comic book The Uncanny X-Men #4 (March 1964) and was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby .
The beginning of Bonanza finds Jack Shaftoe awakened from a syphilitic blackout of nearly three years. During this time he was a pirate galley slave.The other members of his bench, a motley crew who call themselves "The Cabal" and who include men from Africa, the Far East and Europe, create a plot to capture silver illegally shipped from Central America by a Spanish Viceroy; they convince the ...