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Since ive advocated for the use of treadmill desks in some remarks and evangelized it to people i know, i thought it behooved me to publish some data and some reflections on it, born of experience. Neil stephensons novels, including the baroque trilogy and reamde, are a dazzling blend of imagination and science, philosophy and history. Books by neal stephenson authors like neal stephenson what. Neal stephenson is known for writing big books about big ideas. Yeah, but the baroque cycle was about 2k pages too long. Oct 06, 2009 anathem ebook written by neal stephenson. His new novel, seveneves, starts with the end of the. I read several of neal stephensons books looking for something like cryptonomicon, didnt find it, but enjoyed them all anyway. Neal stephenson books list of books by author neal stephenson. Neil stephenson released snow crash back in 1992, and its still regarded by many people as his finest work. Embassytown and the city and the city are both excellent, excellent books. Neal stephenson is an american author primarily of speculative fiction, but also of other subgenres of science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk and several other genres. Neal stephenson has 84 books on goodreads with 1527966 ratings. I browsed his books to find what seemed like the best one to introduce me to him and settled on cryptonomicon.
Cryptonomicon is a 1999 novel by american author neal stephenson, set in two different time periods. Books by neal stephenson authors like neal stephenson what should i read next register for free to build your own book lists. It has more in common with reamde and cobweb, two of stephensons books which fall into the good but not amazing category. I love the way his books seem to be such a reflection of what he is interested in and wants to write about, and how he is perfectly willing to take. Cryptonomicon, written by neal stephenson, is a big book. Find authors like neal stephenson from the worlds largest community of readers. In 1942, lawrence pritchard waterhouse mathematical genius and young captain in the u. Neal stephenson is the author of the threevolume historical epic the baroque cycle quicksilver, the confusion, and the system of the world and the novels cryptonomicon, the diamond age, snow crash, and zodiac. May 05, 2015 an interesting book that wasnt quite for me. More recently, the cyberpunk visionary has turned his sights away from the future of technology, and toward the question of how and why it.
He was first published in 1984, but it was not until the publication of his third book snow crash that he became widely known. The book features a wide range of academic material, as is typical of stephenson s work, and the topics covered include history, linguistics and philosophy. I get it, neal, you can write forever about the most boring of possible subjects oh boy, another chapter about renaissance era fashion. Neal stephenson hardcover books for sale in stock ebay. The personal website of author neal stephenson, unless its been hacked. There are certain groups of readers that attend to special genre that they prefer, in which ordinary people cannot relate to, and these genre has opted people to be as creative as they could, and sometimes make their move to join clubs which caters to people like them.
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The birth name of the man of letters is neal town stephenson. Maybe because they both have conspicuous authorial portraits on their books and theyre both shaven headed, but also because of similarities between the two in tone and style. It has innumerable characters, enough plot to fill several books, and a theme that is presented in such exhaustive detail at some points that the reader has to lie down for awhile to absorb it all. With books like snow crash, cryptonomicon, and his baroque cycle series, the author has become an icon for all those readers who enjoy treaties on topics like. Its been the absolute best, being able to read them with him, and watch his excitement when he tells me whats coming next in the movie, and spotting the differences in. His novels involve subjects such as mathematics, philosophy and science. A decade after novelist william gibson coined the term virtual reality, neal stephenson burst onto the science fiction scene with snow crash, his own manic take on the interface between man and machine. Neal stephenson is a popular speculative fiction author whose books feature mostly in the cyberpunk sciencefiction and technothriller genre. It has more in common with reamde and cobweb, two of stephenson s books which fall into the good but not amazing category.
Neal stephenson doesnt like talking about how he predicted the future. Neal stephenson, the author of snow crash and the baroque cycle series, is one of the most acclaimed science fiction writers of his. Neal stephenson books list of books by author neal. Seveneves is a good yarn, but it lacks the visceral punch of snow crash and the startling breadth of ambition of cryptonomicon. Authorsbooks similar to neal stephenson cryptonomicon. It is a work of great art, thought and creative daring. Published in 1999, neal stephensons ambitious third novel is a technothriller that shifts between cryptography labs in world war ii britain and the cyber underground of the late 20thcentury internet boom.
In his youth, richard dodge forthrast founded corporation 9592, a gaming company that made him a. Neal stephenson is still best known for science fiction novels like snow crash. After we got through the first book from the library and he was so excited about it, i ordered all the books and movies, and we are watching a movie each time we finish a book. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, and baroque. It tells the story of the planet arbre through the eyes of erasmus as he and his planet face a time of uncertainty and decisions. Neal stephenson books, ebooks, audiobooks, biography.
With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epochmaking masterpiece, neal stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that shaped this century. I discovered neal stephenson a little later than many of his fans, simply not being aware of him until i read an interview with another author who simply raved about him. In cryptonomicon, he tackled code breaking and data privacy. Aug 01, 2019 reamde, like many of stephensons books, was a goliathsized techno thriller, mixing infodumps and action in a sometimes uneasy novelistic emulsion. The second narrative is set in the late 1990s, with. Oh, and i like is the techgeekydatahavenrandywaterhouse story thread so more like this bit in particular.
Hes just completed the baroque cycle, a trilogy of novels, set in the late 17thearly 18th century. He gained further notoriety in 1999 with the publication of cryptonomicon which would later go on to earn the prometheus hall of fame award in. The closer two writers are, the more likely someone will like both of them. But when stephenson turns his attention to shorter forms, the. The ender series enders game is a great book in itself, but the series really hits its stride with the sequel, speaker for the dead, and the third book in the series, xenocide, which are much more philosophical in nature. Limitedtime offer bonus 25% off fire tablets with amazon trade in. Seveneves en espanol by neal stephenson, paperback barnes.
Author of 538 books including stranger in a strange land. His vast, intellectually rigorous books have ranged in setting from the distant past the baroque cycle to the modern era reamde to the remote future anathem, seveneves. Stephenson s work explores subjects such as mathematics, cryptography, linguistics, philosophy, currency, and the history. Dickthat unfolds in the near future, in parallel worlds. As well as being a multiple nyt bestselling author, stephenson is beloved among true sci fi fans for his exciting take on the genre. Download audiobooks by neal stephenson at and save. For more than two decades, neal stephenson has been the reigning master of the epic fictional narrative. One group of characters are world war iiera allied codebreakers and tacticaldeception operatives affiliated with the government code and cypher school at bletchley park uk, and disillusioned axis military and intelligence figures. As for neal stephenson, snow crash and diamond age are stand alone you can read them in any order, ive not read the cryptonomicon but im lead to believe that a lot of the concepts in it lead into the baroque cycle books so you would probably want to read it before them. Its a while now since i read this and i know it will need a reread at some point, so i wont try to discuss the plot in detail. Neal stephensons quicksilver is a huge 900plus pages, brilliant. More recently, the cyberpunk visionary has turned his sights away from the future of technology, and toward the question of how and why it arose the way it did. The author of snow crash and cryptonomicon, and many other similarly imposing books in the past couple of decades, stephenson seems. Signed by author neal stephenson at the title page.
Stephenson, who is a quinquagenarian, was born on october 1959 and his place of birth is fort meade upon maryland, in the us. Hey, i posted this on rifyoulikeblank, and someone said i should ask here. May 31, 2015 the author of snow crash and cryptonomicon, and many other similarly imposing books in the past couple of decades, stephenson seems to know how to do things in exactly one way. A bullet will bounce off its arachnofiber weave like a wren. This book belongs to the top 10 books by neal stephenson as also it in one of the neal stephenson popular novels.
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