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Or even whole book! OK, right off the bat, I'd like to say that I am a huge Stephenson Fan. Guess I'm not enough of a fan to remember that the original series had sub-books within the published hardcovers. I saw this book and tried to figure out if it was new or not, since it had a new title and all. Since it says on the cover, "The Baroque Cycle Number Three", I thought it might be the retitled, paperback version of the third hard cover (Which I admittedly was too cheap to buy and waiting for paperback.) The book is actually a reprint of the last third of "Quicksilver!" There is NOTHING on the cover to indicate this; it is sold and marketed as whole book. I might add that the paperback version of "Quicksilver" is actually only the first third of the hardcover. Again, nothing to indicate that buyers aren't getting the whole book. Paperbacks are usually a way for readers to enjoy a book that they didn't want pay for in hardcover. By breaking the original hardcovers into multiple paperbacks, Stephenson's publishers have figured out a way to charge MORE for the series. I hope this isn't a trend in publishing. We'll see how long THIS review stays up!