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Stephenson:Neal:Quicksilver:Chapter Thumbnails

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This is inspired & motivated by Chapter Thumbnails for Infinite Jest. "Knowing the jist of each chapter, I found, makes it easy to hop around and reread relevant passages; these notes were, for me, VERY helpful in keeping track..."

Here are the notes I took when reading it. I took page numbers from my first edition US hardback, though the page numbers appear to match the trade paperback, which even has the same typos.

I felt that listing all the character appearances was helpful, but that having a simpler version might be a better default. I moved the full list, with character appearances, to Quicksilver: Chapter Thumbnails with Character Appearances. Feel free to discuss if you have a preference.

page, location, date, characters, (characters mentioned)

Book 1: Quicksilver

  • 3, Boston Common, 12 Oct 1713
  • 24, Grantham, 1655
  • 34, Massachusetts, 12 Oct 1713
  • 51, Cambridge, 1661
  • 63, Mass., 12 Oct 1713
  • 70, Cambridge, 1663
  • 73, Minerva, Mass. Bay, Oct 1713
  • 74, Cambridge, 1664
  • 76, Minerva, Oct 1713
  • 82, River Cam(bridge), 1665
  • 90, Minerva, Nov 1713
  • 93, London, The Plague Year, Summer 1665
  • 112, Epsom (short journey from London), 1665-1666
  • 147, Minerva, Nov 1713
  • 150, Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, Spring 1666
  • 162, Minerva, Nov 1713
  • 167, Charing Cross, 1670
  • 182, Royal Society Meeting at Gresham's College, 12 Aug 1670
  • 217, Minerva, Nov 1713
  • 221, Gresham's College, Bishopsgate, London, 1672
  • 260, London Bridge, 1673
  • 279, Minerva, Nov 1713
  • 283, Royal Society Meeting, 1673
  • 301, Minerva, Nov 1713
  • 307, London, 1673
  • 331, Minerva, Nov 1713

Book 2: King of the Vagabonds

  • 339, London, Shaftoe, 1665
  • 350, The Continent, Summer 1683
  • 376, Erstwhile Camp of Grand Vizier Khan Mustapha, Sept 1683
  • 390, Bohemia, Autumn 1683
  • 403, Bohemia, Winter 1683-4
  • 413, Leipzig, April 1684
  • 430, Saxony, April 1684
  • 450, Harz Mountains, Walpurgisnacht 1684
  • 465, The Place, Amsterdam, Summer 1684
  • 484, The Dutch Republic to Paris, 1684
  • 502, Paris, Winter 1684-5
  • 512, The Hague, Feb 1685
  • 531, France, early 1685
  • 544, Amsterdam, April 1685
  • 558, Paris, Spring 1685
  • 577, Amsterdam, 1685
  • 587, Amsterdam, June 1685
  • 599, Coast of Europe & North Africa, 1685

Book 3: Odalisque

  • 613, Whitehall Palace, Feb 1685
  • 636, Versailles, Summer 1685
  • 659, London, Spring 1685
  • 688, Beach North of Scheveningen, Oct 1685
  • 697, Dorset, June 1685
  • 716, The Exchange (between Threadneedle & Cornhill), Sept 1686
  • 729, Versailles, 1687
  • 739, Bank of Het Kanaal, Between Scheveningen & the Hague, Dec 1687
  • 772, Versailles, early 1688
  • 774, The Star Chamber, Westminster Palace, April 1688
  • 788, Versailles, July 1688
  • 793, Tower of London, Summer & Autumn 1688
  • 811, Château Juvisy, Nov 1688
  • 815, St. Cloud, Aug 1688
  • 819, Rossignol to Louis XIV cont., Nov 1688
  • 820, French Embassy, the Hague, 17 Sept 1688
  • 821, Rossignol to Louis XIV cont., Nov 1688
  • 829, Journal Entry, 17 Aug 1688
  • 853, Rossignol to Louis XIV cont., Nov 1688
  • 855, Sheerness, England, 11 Dec 1688
  • 887, Venice, July 1689
  • 892, The Hague, Aug 1689
  • 903, Bishopsgate, Oct 1689

917, Dramatis Personae