“Nothing is more important than that you see and love the beauty that is right in front of you…..”
Orolo to Erasmus in Anathem, 2008 by Neal Stephenson (1959- )
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Born into a family of academic scientists, Stephenson attended Boston University, graduating with a degree in geography. His third novel, Snow Crash, was widely recognized as the next step in the speculative fiction cyberpunk tradition of William Gibson. Subsequent works such as Cryptonomicon explore a fusion of cryptography, computer science and memetics, while his Diamond Age describes a steampunk world of nanotechnology and active literature.
Greg Bover (woodpunk)
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Hey Joey!
Did you catch Neal Stephenson’s live video chat Wednesday night on the goodreads.com site? (Unfortunately, I missed it – but just finished re-reading his 1994 book Interface, and was blown away at how closely that story comes to describing the current state of US/World politico-economic craziness, as well as our current social values (or lack thereof). I highly recommend it for any NS fans – returning or new!
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