r/nealstephenson

About 2/3rd the way through.

So I had a thought. The way this is written and told, it could have been a Bible story (any other religious text for that matter). The parallels are enthralling. Let's say 10,000 years from now when the contents of this story become a reality - it will be THE Bible story right?

It has me thinking: for people who believe religious texts and stories as the literal word of God - the way I feel bringing this story to life must be how they feel about their actual reality right?

If someone took the King James and wrote it like NS holy hell churches would fill pews.

Another "I had a really hard time getting into the Baroque Cycle, but now that I'm in it I'm loving it" post.

I wanted to share: I'm listening to the audio books, and, given the complexity of the story I miss plenty of details here and there.

To help me along I created a Gemini Notebook with the text from the books. It has been a great tool, I can ask things like >!What was in that letter from Eliza to Rossignol while she was traveling up the Elbe!< (minor spoiler) and it will tell me, helping me connect the dots that I may have missed. You have to prompt carefully to not reveal spoilers, but, otherwise, it's been super helpful.

I can't share my tool, but if you use Gemini and want to set it up you can PM me for help.