Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, E.D. deBirmingham, Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey, Cooper Moo. Amazon/47 North, $14.95 trade paper (450p) ISBN 978-1-61218-236-0 Stephenson (Snow Crash) and Bear ...
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Yesterday I picked up the latest Neal Stephenson novel, Reamde, and was—as I typically am every time I pick up a Stephenson book—floored by its immensity. The 1000 plus pages in my hand made me think ...
This may, possibly, be one future of the novel: as an app. And who better to push the limits of writing than Neal Stephenson, an author whose novels have already explored weird and unusual corners of ...
Neal Stephenson is amazing at beginnings and not so hot at endings, and his new novel, “Seveneves,” has a marvelous opening sentence: “The moon blew up without warning and for no apparent reason.” The ...
“Polostan” sets up a historical fiction series about espionage and revolution in the early 20th century. By Dan Fesperman Dan Fesperman is the author of “Winter Work.” His 14th novel, “Pariah,” will ...
Neal Stephenson has outdone himself, and that’s saying something. Seattle novelist Stephenson has published speculative fiction in the alternative present or near future (“Snow Crash” among others), ...
(Los Angeles Times)For all of Neal Stephenson's achievements, his most impressive may be his ability to attract a following equal parts hacker and literati. His popularity is all the more anomalous ...
Neal Stephenson's breakout hit, Snow Crash, envisioned a world of virtual reality—in 1992. The Diamond Age foresaw the future of nanotechnology in 1995. The more recent Reamde took the reader on a ...