Neal Stephenson
Autor/a de Snow Crash
Sobre l'autor
Neal Stephenson, the science fiction author, was born on October 31, 1959 in Maryland. He graduated from Boston University in 1981 with a B.A. in Geography with a minor in physics. His first novel, The Big U, was published in 1984. It received little attention and stayed out of print until mostra'n més Stephenson allowed it to be reprinted in 2001. His second novel was Zodiac: The Eco-Thriller was published in 1988, but it was his novel Snow Crash (1992) that brought him popularity. It fused memetics, computer viruses, and other high-tech themes with Sumerian mythology. Neal Stephenson has won several awards: Hugo for Best Novel for The Diamond Age (1996), the Arthur C. Clarke for Best Novel for Quicksilver (2004), and the Prometheus Award for Best Novel for The System of the World (2005). He recently completed the The Baroque Cycle Trilogy, a series of historical novels. It consists of eight books and was originally published in three volumes and Reamde. His latest novel is entitled The Rise and Fall of D. O. D. O. Stephenson also writes under the pseudonym Stephen Bury. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: U.S. novelist Neal Stephenson at Science Foo Camp 2008. Author Bob Lee; cropped by Beyond My Ken
Sèrie
Obres de Neal Stephenson
The Great Simoleon Caper {story} 19 exemplars
Global Neighborhood Watch 10 exemplars
Communication Prosthetics: Threat or Menace? 8 exemplars
Spew {story} 6 exemplars
Jipi and the Paranoid Chip {story} 5 exemplars
2006 5 exemplars
In the Kingdom of Mao Bell {essay} 4 exemplars
Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out {essay} 3 exemplars
It's All Geek to Me {essay} 3 exemplars
Smiley's People {article} 2 exemplars
Stephenson Neal 2 exemplars
The Future of Ideas 1 exemplars
Snowcrash 1 exemplars
ERA DEL DIAMANTE (L') 1 exemplars
Quicksilver Volume One of The Baroque Cycle 1 exemplars
Seveneves (free sampler): Astounding apocalyptic fiction from the New York Times Bestseller 1 exemplars
Cimarronin: A Samurai in New Spain #3 1 exemplars
Cimarronin: A Samurai in New Spain #2 1 exemplars
Two for the Road 1 exemplars
Baroque Cycle, including: Neal Stephenson, Cryptonomicon, Quicksilver (novel), The System Of The World (novel), The… (2011) 1 exemplars
Termination Shock - Az összeomlás kora 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity (2003) — Introducció, algunes edicions — 1,515 exemplars
Seeing Further: The Story of Science, Discovery, and the Genius of the Royal Society (2010) — Col·laborador — 1,019 exemplars
Twelve Tomorrows - Visionary stories of the near future inspired by today's technologies (2013) — Col·laborador — 35 exemplars
Hive of Dreams: Contemporary Science Fiction from the Pacific Northwest (Northwest Readers) (2003) — Col·laborador — 12 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Stephenson, Neal
- Nom oficial
- Stephenson, Neal Town
- Altres noms
- Bury, Stephen (pseudonym)
- Data de naixement
- 1959
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Fort Meade, Maryland, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Fort Meade, Maryland, USA
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA
Ames, Iowa, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA - Educació
- Boston University (BA | Geography | 1981)
- Professions
- novelist
short story writer
essayist
Subutai Corporation (Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder) - Relacions
- Jewsbury, George Frederick (samen onder pseud. Stephen Bury)
- Organitzacions
- The Clock of the Long Now Project
Subutai Corporation - Premis i honors
- Hugo Award (1996)
Arthur C. Clarke Award (2004)
Science Fiction Chronicle Reader Award (1996)
Prometheus Award (2005)
Locus Award (1996, 2000, 2005, 2009) - Agent
- Liz Darhansoff
- Biografia breu
- Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction.
His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, and baroque.
Stephenson's work explores subjects such as mathematics, cryptography, linguistics, philosophy, currency, and the history of science. He also writes non-fiction articles about technology in publications such as Wired. He has also written novels with his uncle, George Jewsbury ("J. Frederick George"), under the collective pseudonym Stephen Bury.
Stephenson has worked part-time as an advisor for Blue Origin, a company (founded by Jeff Bezos) developing a spacecraft and a space launch system,[1] and is also a cofounder of Subutai Corporation, whose first offering is the interactive fiction project The Mongoliad. He is currently Magic Leap's Chief Futurist.
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purchased the latest Neal Stephenson book yesterday a The Green Dragon (agost 2019)
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Anathem by Neal Stephenson - LinuxLefty tutoring UnrulySun and kgodey a 75 Books Challenge for 2012 (març 2012)
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Estadístiques
- Obres
- 77
- També de
- 15
- Membres
- 108,247
- Popularitat
- #80
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 2,545
- ISBN
- 629
- Llengües
- 23
- Preferit
- 776