Wheels Within Wheels

The interconnections within a fully realized world give the saga its engaging sense of wheels-within-wheels. ❋ Tom Shippey (2011)

We also meet Jin's father, Vlad, and his incredible wheels-within-wheels plots and intrigues, and the family members (well over fifty sons and daughters) that he deploys to further his goals. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The giant, spinning wheels-within-wheels formation was a trademark of plains warfare, and the sight of it whirling ever closer would have been eerily familiar to the soldiers who sat their horses in that long parade line. ❋ S. C. Gwynne (2010)

It was a complex routine admittedly -- wheels-within-wheels -- but nothing (they thought) that required looking and listening outside the precincts of the powerful. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Horton concluded, in part: As with all the novels in this series, the wheels-within-wheels of the plot are almost exhausting, and not quite believable. ❋ Paul (2009)

I enjoyed the Alias-style wheels-within-wheels but mostly I enjoyed having another X-Files style show to watch. ❋ Dark Worlds Club (2009)

This particular group of Livers has a story about a magical place they call Eden which Diana believes is a key to unraveling the wheels-within-wheels plans of the Supers. ❋ John (2008)

The wheels-within-wheels nature of this affair is confusing but typical of that shadowy world. ❋ Lynn Picknett (2006)

I now learned the wheels-within-wheels that worked this expedition. ❋ Mary Edith (1909)

These special wheels-within-wheels render an additional axis of motion which allows the robots that use them to rotate in place. ❋ Unknown (2010)

You know there are many powerful forces at play, and dare I say wheels-within-wheels. ❋ Unknown (2009)

October 13, 2009, 11: 04 pm nom de guerre: must … resist …. impolite … ..” gallic translation of ’snail-eating surrender minkeys’” comment …. oh, what the hell. the late great sage trevanian eviscerated the french and their laughable frenchishness years ago, in his wheels-within-wheels novel ’shibumi’. to wit: ❋ Unknown (2009)

It’s possible that Lee just misunderstood diplomatic wheels-within-wheels, but in any case he was outmaneuvered by Franklin and recalled. ❋ James Burke (2007)

So–Occam’s Razor time–which solution is more likely to be correct: the elaborate wheels-within-wheels version, or the one with three rules? ❋ Unknown (2007)