{"id":1055,"date":"2000-10-17T05:52:11","date_gmt":"2000-10-17T05:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2012-04-25T05:52:53","modified_gmt":"2012-04-25T05:52:53","slug":"a-calculus-of-angels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/?p=1055","title":{"rendered":"A Calculus of Angels"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><em>A<\/em><em> Calculus of Angels<\/em> by J.             Gregory Keyes<\/h3>\n<p>The discussion of <em>A Calculus of Angels<\/em> drew a             crowd of eight people. This book continues the story             begun in <em>Newton&#8217;s Cannon<\/em>, which we discussed             last year. In this alternate historical science             fantasy, young Benjamin Franklin has become the             apprentice of Sir Isaac Newton. Newton and other             scientists have made some powerful scientific             discoveries that yielded powerful weapons of war, which             are being used to destroy great European cities.             Mysterious angels have manifested themselves on Earth             as advisors to powerful rulers. And then Peter the             Great and some French musketeers get involved in the             story.<\/p>\n<p>We found this to be a rousing adventure yarn. Benjamin             Franklin makes for a great hero, and we appreciated his             romantic adventures and clever escapes from diabolic             enemies. When a delegation from America arrives that             includes the pirate<!--more--> Blackbeard and a powerful Choctaw             shaman, the action gets even more exciting. We get to             witness Brits who&#8217;ve reverted to cannibalism after the             fall of London, nautical battles in the Straits of             Gibraltar, and wild chases through the streets and             rivers of Prague. And then there are the two French             women who develop unearthly powers\u2026<\/p>\n<p>About the only criticism we had is that this book can&#8217;t             be read by itself. It&#8217;s really book two of a story to             be told in four parts, and the reader must have read             <em>Newton&#8217;s Cannon<\/em> to understand and appreciate             what&#8217;s going on here.<\/p>\n<p>This is a rich book that&#8217;s hard to describe fully, but             suffice it to say that we recommend it and plan to read             the next book by J. Gregory Keyes.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8212; A. T. Campbell, III<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Calculus of Angels by J. Gregory Keyes The discussion of A Calculus of Angels drew a crowd of eight people. This book continues the story begun in Newton&#8217;s Cannon, which we discussed last year. In this alternate historical science fantasy, young Benjamin Franklin has become the apprentice of Sir Isaac Newton. Newton and other [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1055"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fact.org\/reading\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}