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The System of the World
- Book Eight of The Baroque Cycle
- Narrated by: Neal Stephenson (introduction), Kevin Pariseau, Simon Prebble
- Series: Baroque Cycle, Book 8
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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In this concluding volume of Neal Stephenson’s epic work, “Half-Cocked Jack” Shaftoe must escape the noose of Jack Ketch; the rivalry between Newton and Leibniz comes to a head; and Daniel Waterhouse pursues his dream to build the Logic Mill.
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- Chris O'Neill
- 30-10-2018
Complex and erudite!
Loved it. How can he know so much, manage some complex themes and concepts across so large an exercise. And... Make it entertaining, amusing and above all blindingly clever?!? I am in awe...
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- Darwin8u
- 27-11-2018
We are all up to something.
This is the end. Beautiful end. Assayed. The end. The eighth and final book of this series, which also shares the same name as the final volume of this series: (The System of the World). This final book in an eight book series is driven largely by two large and parallel events (the corronation of King George is a mere distraction). First, the hanging of Jack Shaftoe. Second, the Trial of the Pyx (and by proxy, a trial of Sir Isaac Newton). There are other events: the spiriting away of Solomon's gold, the escape of Jack's sons and Dappa (the First mate of the Minerva who ends up caught in a funky antislavery campaign against Charles White (one of the many villians of the book), the death of Roger Comstock (and other deaths ane ressurrections).
Anyway, I enjoyed how Stephenson wrapped this up. It is weird thinking that these three volumes:
1. Quicksilver
2. The Confusion
3. The System of the World
These are all essentially prequels to: Cryptonomicon. I enjoyed the dance. It might...might have been one volume too much. Reading Stephenson, some days, does feel a bit like a "peine forte et dure". How about just one more volume? That said, I did read all of the diaries of Samuel Pepys, so I am a glutton for the English Restoration period. I found this a fantastic (often literally FANTASTIC) way of examining the period and systems of science and religion and politics during this period. Obviously, much of the specifics are fiction, but many of the things floating like "mouches volantes" are grounded in facts. Sometimes, the best way to learn history is not to read it, but to play with it a bit; bend it and examine it under unusual lights and in different heats.
The only reason I'm giving this a 1-star for performance is I find it RI·DIC·U·LOUS that I have to buy three credits worth of books to listen to 'System of the World' (the Volume, not just the sub-Book 8 with the same title). It seems a bit like William Morrow & Co is milking the structure of this book a bit.
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- Julie W. Capell
- 03-01-2015
So good, I want to start the whole series over
It’s not often that I like a book so much I want to read it over again. With trilogies, it has only happened once before (Lord of the Rings, of course). With really long books, once is always enough (2666). But this Baroque Cycle was simply so astonishingly good, the characters so real, the story so compelling, that I would begin it again tomorrow if I didn’t have two book club books waiting for me and 50 others on my nightstand.
I don’t know how Stephenson managed to sustain the great writing across the nearly 3,000 pages in this series, but he did, right through to the very end. I will mention just two passages that struck me as the best ever in their category: the best sex scene ever, and the best duel ever.
The seduction of Daniel Waterhouse on the Roman chariot in the shadow of the fake volcano is surely the best sex scene ever written. Here is a short excerpt:
“Tilt your pelvis the other way, if you please, sir. There, much better, you’ll admit! Now, leave the rest to me, sir. The balance of this chariot can be a bit tricky. The ride a bit rough.” Indeed, the axle bearings of the chariot of Vulcan presently began to creak as it got to rocking forward and back, forward and back on its wheels. Daniel was old and the ride was correspondingly long but the primo mobile—the body of Miss Barton—was young and as everyone in London agreed, in the most superb condition, and more than equal to the work.
The duel using cannons between Charles White and Dappa, written in Stephenson’s typical hyper-detailed mode, poked a hole the size of a howitzer in the swashbuckling genre and drove right through it. I have seldom laughed so hard while reading. Sheer genius!!
I cannot fail to once again note the SUPERB narration provided by Simon Prebble on the audio book. He gave each character a distinct voice and allowed all the humor to shine through. Listening to Mr. Prebble’s performance is undoubtedly the best way to experience the Baroque Cycle.
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- Matthew A. Razzano
- 27-12-2011
Great conclusion
Where does The System of the World rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Among the top 5. It's really that good.
Who was your favorite character and why?
I love so many of the, but most of all I love Jack. Even when facing certain doom he has a ridiculously unfeasible plan.
Have you listened to any of the narrators’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
Yes in the other Baroque Cycle novels, and this one is right up there.
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
There were several but I'm not spoiling ANYTHING in this review so read it yourself!
Any additional comments?
This book isn't really a book all its own, but a conclusion to a long series that is actually three volumes of the same book. DO NOT START WITH THIS ONE! These books really need to be read in order or you won't have a clue as to what's going on.
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- Alennx
- 28-05-2017
Get them all and listen in order. Excellent!
One of the best series I've ever read/heard :)
Wildly interesting, exciting, funny, sad, epic and subtle.
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- jon
- 17-08-2015
Sad to finish it. Maybe I'll read it again.
They did a great job with the reading except for the voice of the 30ish letter writing Eliza. Etienne would have cut out her tongue for the offensive tone of her voice (being the politest man in France) . Probably reading the series again soon!!!
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- K. Hall
- 28-03-2013
An epic tale of the world on the brink
What made the experience of listening to The System of the World the most enjoyable?
I made it through all eight parts of this most intriguing tale. Stephenson creates characters that seem to jump through the mists of time to be real and alive.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Where to start. All the characters were intriguing. The main - Half-Cocked Jack, Drs. Waterhouse, Leibnitz and Newton, Lady Eliza, and Enoch the Red. Plus the minors of Jack's brother Bob and Jack's sons, Father Ed, Fraze, Dapper, Princess Caroline, Roger Comstock, Hook, Wren, and the rest of the lot.
Which character – as performed by the narrators – was your favorite?
Simon Prebble has as gifted a voice as Jim Dale. Each character was fully realized, different, and distinctive. Even the ladies. I'd recommend this for him alone if the story were half as good as it is. They were all great.
Any additional comments?
This is an epic tale of the birth of modernism of the baroque period. It is fiction, Stephenson refers to it as science-fiction due to it centering around Isaac Newton and many other contemporaries of the Royal Society; I'd go a bit further with historical science fiction. It's a great long yarn told with names of dead white guys with big wigs you heard in school, but didn't know anything about them. All eight parts of the tale probably total over 75 hours, but what a ride.
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- Tim
- 07-03-2014
Last Nibble
After spending about a month with all three volumes that consist of 115 hours, I have accomplished something that I wanted to do for years. I have to thank my friend for reminding me to purchase these books. I'm not a hoarder of books. Just because an audiobook is on sale, I don't get them and save them for later. I don't like having stockpile of books that I might not ever read. I tend to buy them as I go. Having a backlog of reading material is a chore and not a pleasure.
As for the last book in the "Baroque Cycle", I have the up most respect for Neal Stephenson and how well he can tell a story and stay on topic. It is remarkable how focus he was to write almost 2700 pages and publish them within a few years time. Unlike his predecessor George R.R. Martin in "A Song of Ice and Fire", Neal Stephenson completed the "Baroque Cycle" in favor for his audience. I don't like to compare the two authors together, but it seems like Martin is being selfish by not completing his series in a timely fashion. Even his loyal followers, including myself, have their doubts that he will ever finish them.
Coming to the end to "The System of the World" is a bitter sweet. I am relief that it has ended and with the result that I was expecting. I kind of wish that there was a fourth volume because it is that awesome. Besides the "Dark Tower" by Stephen King, "Baroque Cycle" has to be one of my favorites. Neal Stephenson wrote this one for his readers and chose not to extend the tale any further. In that respect, he is a decorative author that enjoys his readers.
I have no regrets at getting to know Jack, Newton, Eliza and Daniel.
In my review of "Quicksilver", I have compared it to starting an eight course meal.
I have come to the last nibble and I'm satisfied.
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- Cody
- 17-09-2012
Great Ending to the Series
No one thing stands out when it comes to this audiobook because everything is done so well. The story is the perfect finale to the series and it is excellently performed. Although, like other Neal Stephenson tomes, it was a bit slow to get going as he set up the characters and the situations that would drive the story forward, I enjoyed the Baroque Cycle - and this reading of it in particular - from beginning to end.
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- Kelly
- 28-07-2012
An epic story about the turn of the 18th century.
I enjoyed this last bit of the story almost more than any previous volume (other than the first). Here we're at last allowed to glimpse the whole point of it all. Our characters have almost completed their work, they are devising (mostly without understanding, or even knowing that they're doing it) a new system of the world. And of course, everyone we've come to know and love has a happy ending.
Highly detailed, and sometimes slow moving, the entire story will span over 50 years, the reign of many different kings and queens across europe, several trips to America and back, pirates, african queens, and the Philosopher's Stone. Well worth slogging through the slow points to find out what happens in the end.
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- Melvin
- 18-06-2011
Outstanding Author, Reader, and Story
I am sad the I finished one of the best series I have listened to...Baroque Society...but what a great ride! I rank it with Steig Larsson's, Dragon Tattoo series, the Uplift War series by David Brin, the Aubrey/Maturn series by Patrick o'Brian, and the Black Tower Series, by Stephen King.
I cannot recommend it highly enough.
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- Tamlin
- 17-01-2011
The road to Tyburn
This final part is a satisfying completion of the Baroque Cycle and a fitting climax to its ingenious narrative. The last three parts stand together and are I think the best parts of the book for the unrelenting pace of narration and depth of historical detail; but the final part is darker- much of it set in prisons, madhouses or sewers. Jack, our much loved hero, is caught, tried for treason and condemned to the ultimate penalty of being hanged, drawn and quartered. We take a final guided tour of the streets of London with the condemned on the route to Tyburn Hill and the gallows tree. There seems to be no hope of escape as time runs out and every possibility is exhausted. Stephenson turns the screw and keeps us guessing to the very end.
I bid a sad farewell to Jack, to Eliza, Daniel, and all the others who now seem so real to me. After this magnificent feast for the mind, where do I go now to feed my imagination? Perhaps I will assay Stephenson?s Cryptonomicon, another suitably roomy tome in which I can expect to renew my acquaintance with an old friend.
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- Kindle Customer
- 24-08-2017
Even better than reading it, shoddy production!
This is a longish read in print (3 x 1000 words?) but Mr Prebble does an admirable job with some VERY tricky accents...hats off to you, Sirrah!
Only 4 out of 5 for performance due to three (in my humble) ...
1. Hysterically dreadful music as always...
2. Kevin Pariseau.
3. The actor playing Eliza in the earlier volumes, an overdone and misjudged performance.
Other than these, purely subjective, criticisms, I thoroughly recommend that you give these hefty volumes a try. They will repay your shrewd investment many times over!
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- G. B
- 11-09-2020
Phenomenal series, fitting end.
The whole of the Baroque Cycle has been an awe-inspiring journey. I don't know how one man can write such intelligent yet gripping stories. Well performed, as always. If you've listened to the rest of the series, you'll already know to get this. If you haven't, start at the beginning!
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- rt19561
- 27-08-2019
Great series
Have listened to all 8 volumes and both the writer and narrator have maintained an excellent standard throughout. Quite a complex tale with a lot of characters. Will definitely listen to this more than once.
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- Doug
- 08-07-2018
Vote Conservative?? Listen first
Great book and heartbreaking at the same time. What’s not to love about the nhs...... the politicians who make war on in in the background while telling you it’s safe in their bloody hands!
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- mrmalaya
- 06-02-2018
What a journey!
Having listened to all eight books now, I must say a hearty thanks for this experience. Most of the history is accurate, some fanciful but the story works in such a way as to pull you through the cauldron of late 17th century Europe, around the world and back to the beginning of the modern period and the first stirrings of industry.
Fantastic performance.
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- A Farquhar
- 18-06-2016
Perfect ending
Fantastic ending to a great saga that I have enjoyed every minute of. Perfectly summed up
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- Neil Pearse
- 24-01-2016
All loose ends tied up - well, nearly all
If you could sum up The System of the World in three words, what would they be?
EpicSatisfyingThoughtful
What did you like best about this story?
It ties together all the threads from the earlier books in the series and comes up with a highly satisfying and plausible climax.
What about the narrators’s performance did you like?
Consistent accents that distinguish between the characters in, occasionally long, sections of dialogue.
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