Neal Stephenson Quote

Richard resumed reading the T'Rain Gazette, a daily newspaper (electronic format, of course)... which summarized what had been going on all over T'Rain during the preceding twenty-four hours:
Notable achievements, wars, duels, sackings, mortality statistics, plagues, famines... untoward spikes in commodity prices.

Day 1 - Reamde (2011) - Part I: Nine Dragons