Quicksilver and Diamonds

Each year, I choose a writer I want to get to know (2008/China Miéville), revisit (2009 /Iain M. Banks) or just catch up with (2007/Sonia Hartnett).


As 2010 is the Year of Neal Stephenson, I started reading ‘Quicksilver’ on the train today, and am enjoying it immensely.

Offworld oceans of liquid diamond with diamond icebergs – how evocative is that?

I can feel a beach scene coming on …