April 24, 2004
Quicksilver
I'm re-reading Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver. I want to do this before starting the new, part two, The Confusion.
As I expected, Quicksilver is reading much easier second time around. There are so many characters, and locations, and events -- many referred to by multiple names -- that the first time was pretty confusing.
I'm still only getting started, but already I've understood things that just zoomed by me the first time.