By rss@youtube.com (ForaTv) Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/09/09/Sci-Fi_Novelist_Neal_Stephenson_Anathem_Launch_Event Acclaimed science-fiction author Neal Stephenson reads the introductory chapter from his book, "Anathem." ----- What if we lived in a world where the long-term was taken seri...

The Long Now Foundation - San Francisco, CA What if we lived in a world where the long-term was taken seriously?At an event hosted by the Long Now Foundation, science fiction author Neal Stephenson reads from his latest novel ANATHEM. Afterwards he participates in a conversation with Ste...

Unknown length - 2008-07-05 Neal Stephenson delivered a talk entitled The Fork: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture at Gresham College. Four professors discuss the origins of science fiction, its overlap with other genres and its developments over more than a century.

Postcyberpunk writer Neal Stephenson analyzes the correlation between types of intelligence and appreciation for science fiction. Stephenson also addresses one of the most important motifs of science fiction -- that the characters make intelligent decisions.

Unknown length - 2008-07-05 Postcyberpunk writer Neal Stephenson argues that the science fiction, or speculative fiction genre, and genres in general have faded in the classical sense. He cites the fusion of science fiction into mainstream society as part of this phenomenon.

 South Korea Neal Stephenson first coined the word “avatar” in his 1992 science fiction novel “Snow Crash,” which envisioned a futuristic digital world called the Metaverse. To enter cyberspace, one had to transform oneself into an avatar, one's digital ...

 CA In the "best novel" category, adult fiction, young adult fiction and children's fiction compete against one another: The contenders include Neil Gaiman's "The Graveyard Book," Cory Doctorow's "Little Brother," "Anathem" by Neal Stephenson, ...

 AR Science-fiction fans will gather in the library May 13 from 6 pm to 7 pm to discuss "Cryptonomicon," by Neal Stephenson. The public is invited, even if they haven't read the book. Teens will meet in the library Monday, May 18, at 6 pm to discuss Kevin ...

Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson Published by Bantam Books, 1992 Heralded as one of the greatest science-fiction novels of all-time, regarded as one ... arcona.wordpress.com

By Chip The finalists for the Locus Awards (the best science fiction books and stories of the year, chosen by the general public) have been announced over at their site. Best science fiction novel entries are: Matter, Iain M. Banks City at the End of Time, Greg Bear Marsbound, Joe Haldeman Anathem,...

Neal Stephenson's 90s science fiction novels Snow Crash and The Diamond Age are unforgettable, but his 2003-2004 suite of historical novels failed to pull me in. So when I learned that his 2008 effort Anathem is a science fiction story, ...

 TX Along with William Gibson and Neal Stephenson, he's one of the three most important science-fiction writers around. He has won two Hugo Awards for short fiction. Which is amazing, given the grave sins against prose fiction in his latest novel, ...

The Monthly (subscription), Australia In this sense, Things We Didn't See Coming is doubly hybrid, fusing literary and science fiction - a union that has also been explored by such writers as David Mitchell, Neal Stephenson and Alasdair Gray. Amsterdam succeeds on both fronts, ...

Gresham College - London Postcyberpunk writer Neal Stephenson analyzes the correlation between ... it.truveo.com

 CA Ian R. MacLeod, Paul McAuley, Alastair Reynolds, Neal Stephenson, Sheri S. Tepper and Mark Wernham are the six authors shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award 2009, the UK’s premier prize for science fiction literature. Song of Time: Ian R. MacLeod ...

Science Fiction fans and critics love Neal Stephenson. His recent novels are expansive, epic, and bold. The premise of his latest, Anathem, caught ... catholicsensibility.wordpress.com

 NJ Before I go any further, I'm not to first to use this term, according to the wikipedia -- The Metaverse was first described in Neal Stephenson's 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash, where humans, as avatars, interact with each other and software ...

Barnes & Noble.com Announces the Best of 2008 PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - In the fiction category, selections include: the bestselling science fiction novel Anathem by Neal Stephenson, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Stout, ...

 Hong Kong - and Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson. Here is what links these leading lights in the sci-fi subgenres of cyberpunk and steam punk to the history of ...

Barnes & Noble.com Announces the Best of 2008  Germany - In the fiction category, selections include: the bestselling science fiction novel Anathem by Neal Stephenson, Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Stout, ...

By Robert(noreply@blogger.com) Gary Gibson is a Scottish science fiction author with three novels published by Pan Macmillan/Tor UK including “Gravity”, “Angel Stations” and “Stealing Light”. He is also a member of the Glasgow Science Fiction Writer’s Circle (Hal Duncan, Neil Williamson). For more information, ple...

 CA - Dec 18, 2008 Neal Stephenson is another author who seems like an obvious inclusion. His latest book, Anathem, was greeted everywhere as a serious novel, not particularly ...

By Phyrexian Neal Stephenson is the best-selling author of such novels as Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon, and The Baroque Cycle. He is best know for writing science fiction (in the postcyberpunk genre) and his interests often lead him into investigations of society, mathematics, crypt...

By Andrew Forrest J. Ackerman, one of the first science fiction fans out there recently passed away. He was a key element of the spread of science fiction fandom, and he helped to found the LA Science Fantasy Society, among other numerous achivements, as well as influencing numerous authors over his...

Fiction review: 'Anathem' by Neal Stephenson  FL - Dec 14, 2008 Much as I enjoyed Neal Stephenson's ravishingly brilliant, outrageously ambitious Anathem, I can't help but think it would be a better novel with a lot less ...

 UK - Dec 12, 2008 A vastly intelligent - and vast - new novel from Neal Stephenson, Anathem (Atlantic, £18.99), will keep those who like their fiction rich in maths and ...

 CA - Dec 12, 2008 Neal Stephenson, author of Anathem. We knew Stephenson's next book would be a hit, thanks to his huge following. But Anathem, with its story of a world ...

By samzenpus Max Tardiveau writes "I just finished reading Neal Stephenson's latest novel, Anathem. I was awaiting it with some anticipation because I absolutely loved Stephenson's best-known novels: Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, and Cryptonomicon. One of Stephenson's non-fiction pieces, calle...

  USA - Nov 21, 2008 Anathem, by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow; 935 pages; $29.95) "Anathem" is Stephenson's first straight-out science fiction novel since 1995. ...

By Owen Thomas The notion of a metaverse has long fascinated geeks. The idea of "avatars" — three-dimensional representations of the self rendered in pixels, often fantastical or surreal in nature — wandering through a computer-generated environment has been explored in the science-fiction novel...

Neal Stephenson became a hero to the science-fiction world in 1992 with Snow Crash, a jazzy, funny, prescient dystopic novel about a Mafia pizza-delivery boy caught up in a plot that crossed ancient cultures with virtual reality. ...

 Germany - Nov 20, 2008 Some see science fiction author Neal Stephenson as a prophet. But the writer of New York Times bestselling novel "Anathem" says that even though many of his ...

All in all, it's hard to come away with the idea that Neal Stephenson wouldn't be immensely thrilled if a concent pops up somewhere on Earth. This is a little weird, because the other message I take away from the novel is "Hey ...

I, for one, truly enjoy the confluence of science fiction and real life, and the pieces are really starting to come together here for fans of the pizza deliverator scene in Neal Stephenson's Snow Crash. First, the smart pizza box from ...

By willzter It’s a shame that Stephenson has gone down this path, as he wrote some cracking science fiction, starting with Snow Crash and more recently with Diamond Age. More recently, he penned Cryptonomicon, a non-sci-fi but brilliantly imagined, ...

 MN - downtown Minneapolis for putting away longer books, such as Neal Stephenson's 960-page science-fiction novel "Anathem," without lugging the hardcovers. ...

 Canada - Nov 1, 2008 Snow Crash is a fast-paced soft science fiction story. Diamond Age is one of those rare books that really did make me cry. Cryptonomicon straddles two eras ...

Fans call him the god of heavyweight futuristic fiction. But American writer Neal Stephenson calls "Anathem," his latest 900-page tome, a nice workout.

NEAL STEPHENSON'S ANATHEM  Canada - Oct 28, 2008 In this exclusive Toronto appearance, legendary science-fiction writer Neal Stephenson will discusses his new novel, Anathem (HarperCollins Canada) and ...

By noreply@blogger.com (Adam Whitehead) 21) John Ringo (3 million) The mildly controversial US author ("Oh John Ringo No,") of military science fiction is clearly enjoying the fruits of his success. People may be wondering where his sometimes-collaborator David Weber is, so I direct them to the 'Unplaced' list below'.

 KY - Oct 23, 2008 Since that time, van Eck phreaking has been referenced in fiction (such as Neal Stephenson’s novel Cryptonomicon — mentioned in 5 good security reads — and ...

READERS may be excused if they have never heard of Kinakuta. It is a tiny island dreamed up by Neal Stephenson in his novel “Cryptonomicon”. In the science-fiction classic, libertarian technologists and entrepreneurs try to turn it into a data haven for such things as anonymous online ban...

By Robert In this exclusive Toronto appearance, legendary science fiction writer Neal Stephenson will discusses his new novel, “Anathem” and other philosophical chestnuts with Mark Askwith, producer of SPACE. Stephenson will also address five ...

  United States - Oct 17, 2008 Neal Stephenson is nothing if not ambitious, and it is the reader's good fortune that his ability matches his reach. From the opening scene of "Anathem" he ...

 AZ - Oct 13, 2008 Scott, a software engineer, is making his way through Neal Stephenson's science-fiction works, and Berkley, 13, picks teen favorites. ...

 UK - Oct 10, 2008 Neal Stephenson's imaginary world of Arbre has many similarities to our own, but one major difference is a long tradition of cloistered orders where the ...

 United States - Oct 6, 2008 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) ...

 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 Robert To celebrate the success of Neal Stephenson’s new novel “Anathem” which debuted on the New York Times Bestsellers List (Hardcover Fiction) at #1, Wiredset is giving away TWO LIMITED EDITION American Apparel “Anathem” T-Shirts (1 Men’s ...

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

 Malta - Another master of fiction Neal Stephenson has a new book out called “Anathem” and it seems to be on the same lines as “The Glass Bead Game” by Herman Hesse. ...

 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 ...

By James McCormick Author Neal Stephenson has forged a substantial body of fiction in the last 15 years by combining elaborate narratives and witty, humourous dialogue with a more serious consideration of scientific and philosophical issues. ...

By Barbara Tom I am a big Neal Stephenson fan, starting with Snow Crash, a sci-fi classic. With Cryptonomicon, the author stepped into the world of historical fiction, using real people to help purely fictional ones break codes during World War II and ...

Southeast MI Home & Living Examiner  - Acclaimed science fiction writer, Neal Stephenson, author of recently published Anathem, will visit Nicola's Books in Ann Arbor on Tuesday, September 23, ...

 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. ...

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.

In an exclusive Q&A, Neal Stephenson--the Hugo-Award-winning SF author of Cryptonomicon and Snow Crash, among other novels--talks about his new novel, Anathem, and why people don't read more science fiction.

 IL - The “Prep” author’s new novel is rumored to be based on Laura Bush. “Anathem,” by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow). Science-fiction follow-up to the ...

By Barbara Snow Crash: Neal Stephenson. This is one of my favorite written books. I think I have read it 4-5 times now, always a good read. I have listen to the audio book, 3 times now I think. Very good alternate reality/science fiction. ...

Animals as 'soul mates' New Straits Times, Malaysia - Much like the neo-Victorian aristocrats in Neal Stephenson’s science-fiction novel The Diamond Age, the characters in The Golden Compass populate a world ...

Out of This World: Great Sci-Fi  - Because Neal Stephenson is probably best known for his classic science fiction cyberpunk novel Snow Crash (first published in 1992 and generally thought to ...

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...

 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 ...

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

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

 - May 11, 2006 Science fiction writer Neal Stephenson introduced the term in his seminal 1992 novel, Snow Crash. The metaverse was Stephenson's name for a virtual world where ...