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''The Baroque Cycle'' is a series of novels by American writer Neal Stephenson. It was published in three volumes containing 8 books in 2003 and 2004. The story follows the adventures of a sizeable cast of characters living amidst some of the central events of the late 17th and early 18th centuries in Europe. Despite featuring a literary treatment consistent with historical fiction, Stephenson has characterized the work as science fiction, because of the presence of some anomalous occurrences and the work's particular emphasis on themes relating to science and technology. The sciences of cryptology and numismatics feature heavily in the series, as they do in some of Stephenson's other works. ==Books== The ''Baroque Cycle'' consists of several novels "lumped together into three volumes because it is more convenient from a publishing standpoint"; Stephenson felt calling the works a ''trilogy'' would be "bogus".〔Stephenson comment on MetaWeb〕 Appearing in print in 2003 and 2004, the cycle contains eight books originally published in three volumes: * ''Quicksilver, Vol. I of the Baroque Cycle'' – Arthur C. Clarke Award winner, Locus Award nominee, 2004〔(【引用サイトリンク】 2004 Award Winners & Nominees )〕 * * Book 1 – Quicksilver * * Book 2 – King of the Vagabonds * * Book 3 – Odalisque * ''The Confusion, Vol. II of the Baroque Cycle'' – Locus Award winner * * Book 4 – Bonanza * * Book 5 – The Juncto * ''The System of the World, Vol. III of the Baroque Cycle'' – Locus Award winner, Arthur C. Clarke Award nominee, 2005〔(【引用サイトリンク】 2005 Award Winners & Nominees )〕 * * Book 6 – Solomon's Gold * * Book 7 – Currency * * Book 8 – The System of the World 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Baroque Cycle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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