Comments on: Stephenson paperbacks go for BAROQUE

By: Bookgasm » The Last Witchfinder

Bookgasm » The Last Witchfinder — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:04:04 +0000

[...] Historical it may be, though boring it is not. Instead, THE LAST WITCHFINDER is a bawdy, boisterous tale of superstition and persecution, played out in a scope that is epic and told in a voice that is expert. If Neal Stephenson had written THE CRUCIBLE instead of Arthur Miller, the results likely would’ve played out like this (albeit in about 2,000 fewer pages). [...]

By: Ryun Patterson

Ryun Patterson — Thu, 09 Feb 2006 19:33:55 +0000

That’s really awesome. I have all three in hardcover, but I haven’t cracked the third because nearly all my reading is done on my train commute to work. I would need an altar boy (or manservant?) if I were to carry and read such a tome on the train.

By: Rod Lott

Rod Lott — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 05:03:27 +0000

I thought they were heavy enough as trades, so I can’t imagine how heavy the hardcovers would be. Reading the trades would put my hands to sleep.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 03:43:06 +0000

I am so happy to hear about this! I bought all three books in hardcover and happily read them, but my father, who I know would love them, has been put off by the sheer discomfort involved in reading books of this size (imagine my pain: I did much of my reading in the bathtub, and these are not tub-friendly tomes). I even said to my mother that I wished I could justify buying another set of the trilogy just to rip it apart into bite-size chunks that he could comfortably swallow. Now I may invest in the paperbacks, just to give him the chance to savor them (though since I’ll be recommending them, he’ll probably find lots to criticize, but that’s another story).