Neal Stephenson

By Andrew I finished Anathem over the weekend. It has been a long time since I've been up past sunrise doing anything, much less finishing a book. Needless to say, I enjoyed it a great deal, although there are 150ish pages in the middle that drag a bit. Like Snow Crash and The Big U (and, I suppose, Interfac...

By Ryan Anathem by Neal Stephenson In the beginning of this novel, there is a Note to the Reader, the first line of which is: "If you are accustomed to reading works of speculative fiction and enjoy puzzling things out on your own, skip this Note." So I did. And my first recommendation to anyone thinki...

By mike Myles then talked about the clock of the long now apparently it is featured in the latest Neal Stephenson novel The discussion then morphed into how the two places viewed risk (mostly with regard to starting your own business. ...

 United States - By David Kelly The title of Neal Stephenson’s latest work of speculative fiction, “Anathem,” struck me as an unfortunate one, at least on first (and second) ...

By MmeM Neal Stephenson Cryptonomicon 6. Charles de Lint Moonheart 7. Charles de Lint Spiritwalk 8. Mark Danilewski House of Leaves 9. HP Lovecraft Short Stories 10. Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice. And there’sa whole ‘nother trunk full of ...

By Siderite It's Stephenson's second novel and it started in a similar way to The Big U, which I couldn't really read it through. But I had nothing else to read so I kept reading until it got funny and good. If you read it, try to get over the bad ...

By Adrian Hon A lot of people are criticising Neal Stephenson’s new novel, Anathem, for containing vast quantities of invented words. Instead of mobile phones, he has jeejahs; for video, he has speely; for church, he has ark; and so on. ...

By scott Part of the genius of Neal Stephenson is his ability to weave storylines together to form a cohesive whole, and yet being compelling in and of themselves. In fact, sometimes he’s too good at this, The Diamond Age (available in audio ...

By jason I’ma big fan of Neal Stephenson, author of The Baroque Cycle, Cryptonomicon and other assorted books. A few weeks ago I picked up Anathem at the store the day it was officially released. His previous books have been rich in story, ...

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Neal Stephenson writes ambitious books. I got hooked with Snow Crash(amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), an amazingly imaginative book about near-future virtual worlds; Zodiac(amzn/b&n/abe/pwll) is required reading for anyone interested in chemistry ...

By Brian Mars Finished up Neal Stephenson’s latest tome, Anathem, and at 980 pages and nearly 3 pounds, it was a hefty read. My thoughts and appreciation of the book changed rather dramatically over the course of reading it, ...

 United Kingdom - After all, Stephenson's Snow Crash and The Diamond Age and Cryptonomicon were all science fiction, and all long, but were none the less magnificent analyses ...

By Fanny Darkness Anathem, the latest invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle, is a magnificent creation: a work of great scope, intelligence, and imagination that ushers readers into a recognizable—yet . ...

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The Modern Word - Cryptonomicon Review Early in the novel Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson, Lawrence Pritchard ... Indeed, Cryptonomicon seems to be about Everything, or at the very least, the . ...

Now that I'm back home, I finally have time to peruse the many dozens of fine poem entries we got for the Anathem Giveaway Contest. Each wins a copy of Neal Stephensons Anathem, courtesy of HarperCollins Publishing. Click on their Twitter alias to read their winning haiku! NemaVeze tweeted...

 - Neal Stephenson will be signing his new science fiction novel Anathem at the Forbidden Planet Megastore, 179 Shaftesbury Avenue, London, WC2H 8JR, ...

 United States - On the fiction side, Neal Stephenson’s ninth novel, “Anathem,” about a group of scientists, mathematicians and philosophers on an Earth-like planet sometime ...

 United States - Called by some the first "post-cyberpunk" novel, it's got energy, humor and ideas — a subtext on the link among viruses, language and religion — to spare. ...

Neal Stephenson's ambitious new novel reflects his fascination with isolation: It imagines walled monasteries where the devout gather to contemplate big issues in the shadow of a clock.

 MA - The Baroque Cycle" and the World War II part of "Cryptonomicon" obviously required a lot of historical reading and the new novel, "Anathem," has quite a ...

 United States - After long but interesting passages securing the meaning of thought itself, we happily follow our protagonist on his contemplative journey until all ...

 NY - Despite its length at 960 pages, the fast pacing of the book is reminiscent of Stephenson’s earlier, shorter, Snow Crash and The Diamond Age. ...

By Chip Link (via SF Signal) In the wake of awaited-with-geekly-mouth-froth Anathem’s publication, articles about Neal Stephenson are popping up like mushrooms. Popular Mechanics (Popular Mechanics?) has gotten in on the act with a list of the six best Stephenson characters. Hero: Randy Wat...

 IL - Sep 12, 2008 Tech companies still refer to Stephenson’s 1991 novel “Snow Crash,” a thriller that popularized the concepts of virtual worlds and avatars. ...

 VA - Tech companies still refer to Stephenson's 1991 novel "Snow Crash," a thriller that popularized the concepts of virtual worlds and avatars. ...

 OH - Anathem stands tall next to Stephenson's Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon as well as works by other science-fiction writers starting with Jules Verne. ...

By address-withheld@my.opera.com.invalid (Ben) I've finally done it.. Started in May, finished in August?!?! Why did it take so long? I've finished the Baroque Cycle. I must say I'm a little disheartened to be done. It was a great comfort to know after finishing a volume, another was waiting. Now that the third volume is finished I must wait for...

Science fiction: Cory Doctorow: Little Brother Alistair Reynolds: House of Suns -- new space opera Neal Stephenson: Anathem Thomas Disch: Word of God -- in this novel Thomas Disch reveals that he's God, and that his opponent is Phillip K. Dick, which he's been fighting for all eternity.

By bill(noreply@blogger.com) Stephenson sees a parallel to the George W. Bush-era wars between science and religion, made possible because the general population is either indifferent or hostile to extended rational thought. "I could never get that idea, the notion that society in general is becoming aliterate, ou...

 Australia - The Troposphere itself feels like something borrowed from Neal Stephenson or William Gibson and the similarities to The Matrix are many and distracting. ...

By Brandon Keim Cyberpunk pioneer turned history junky Neal Stephenson described the manufacture of wootz steel in The Confusion, the second volume of his frustrating, exhilirating and historical awe-inspiring Baroque Cycle. As luck would have it, ...

News & ObserverVirtual world requires new tools News & Observer, NC - The site contains a metaverse road map looking out over the next 20 years. Neal Stephenson's 1992 novel "Snow Crash" coined the term "metaverse" and ...

Ever since Neal Stephenson published Snow Crash in 1992, the virtual world he described in his seminal dystopian novel has been the Holy Grail for a generation of tech whizzes. The metaverse, as Stephenson called it, was essentially the Internet.

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By kmw@reason.com (Katherine Mangu-Ward) To Do this weekend: See 300, the surprise blockbuster about the battle of Thermopylae based on a graphic novel of the same name. Neal Stephenson, author of Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and The Baroque Cycle trilogy, reviewed the movie last week in The New York Times under the outstanding he...

The Cyberspace Game of Life  OK - Rosedale got his inspiration from Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi novel Snow Crash. The novel describes a future in which people spend much of their time in a ...

The "Metaverse" is a phrase that was first used in Neal Stephenson’s science fiction novel Snow Crash. In this science fiction novel written in 1992, the Metaverse can be accessed via public-access computer terminals where you then control your character known as an avatar. This phrase a...

Second Life: Creating a Virtual Better World?  OK - his inspiration from Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi novel Snow Crash. The novel describes a future in which people spend much of their time in a “metaverse,” ...

 Seattle - The Diamond Age is headier than Snow Crash, though not as complex -- or long -- as Cryptonomicon or The Baroque Cycle, the latter of which is so long we've ...

 NY - Jan 5, 2007 Science fiction writer Neal Stephenson wrote specifically about nanotech fabrics that stayed clean; he referred to "fabricules" in his 1995 novel The ...

 - to the so-called metaverse, a term used by the science fiction writer Neal Stephenson to describe virtual environments in his novel Snow Crash. ...

By By info@associatedcontent.com (Dawn Lee) An analysis of the strange correlation between Stephenson's science fiction and the current mafia situation.

 Australia - Nov 22, 2006 Publisher Penguin has opened a business where it promotes the 1992 book Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson that inspired operator Linden Labs to create the game. ...

 United States - ownership. The 1992 novel "Snow Crash" by Neal Stephenson, who coined the term metaverse, is said to be one of the inspirations. ...

 UK - of Philip Rosedale, a 28-year-old internet entrepreneur who was inspired to create a virtual universe by Neal Stephenson’s sci-fi novel Snow Crash. ...

 United States - fiction literature influencing technology projects," wrote author Neal Stephenson in a ... its possibilities, but Stephenson's 1992 novel "Snow Crash" provides the ...

By BL Ochman Penguin, the first major publisher to join Second Life, has created a marketing plan for the paperback of Neal Stephenson’s 1992 cyberpunk novel Snow Crash in Second Life, The Book Standard reports. Greene & Heaton, a London-based ...

By noemail@noemail.org (Cory Doctorow) Cory Doctorow: Penguin Books has launched an in-game publishing venture in the online world Second Life, leading with Neal Stephenson's seminal Snow Crash -- naturally, since Snow Crash's Metaverse inspired Second Life! ...

One Book I'm Currently Reading: The System of the World, by Neal Stephenson (no relation, afaik, to Frank). That’s book 3 of the Baroque Cycle. 9. One Book I've Been Meaning to Read: Harold Berman’s second volume of Law and Revolution. ...

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While writers like Verner Vinge and Neal Stephenson came before him with their speculative novels about the metaverse, Doctorow is the first author to influence the direction, growth, and culture of an actual online world. ...