Imatge de l'autor

Neal Stephenson

Autor/a de Snow Crash

76+ obres 108,136 Membres 2,544 Ressenyes 776 preferits

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

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Obres de Neal Stephenson

Snow Crash (1992) 20,067 exemplars
Cryptonomicon (1999) 17,000 exemplars
The Diamond Age (1995) 11,175 exemplars
Quicksilver (2003) 8,950 exemplars
Anathem (2008) 8,255 exemplars
The Confusion (2004) 6,465 exemplars
The System of the World (2004) 5,862 exemplars
Seveneves (2015) 4,797 exemplars
Reamde (2011) 4,255 exemplars
Zodiac (1988) 4,095 exemplars
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (2017) 2,035 exemplars
Interface (1994) 1,810 exemplars
Quicksilver (2003) 1,649 exemplars
The Big U (1984) 1,616 exemplars
Fall; or, Dodge in Hell (2019) — Autor — 1,471 exemplars
The Cobweb (1996) 1,097 exemplars
Termination Shock (2021) 940 exemplars
The Mongoliad: Book One (2012) 864 exemplars
The Mongoliad: Book Two (2012) 402 exemplars
King of the Vagabonds (2004) 365 exemplars
The Mongoliad: Book Three (2013) 344 exemplars
Odalisque (2003) 316 exemplars
Cryptonomicon, Part 1 (of 3) (1999) 260 exemplars
Cryptonomicon, Part 2 (of 3) (2001) 188 exemplars
Cryptonomicon, Part 3 (of 3) (2001) 184 exemplars
Atmosphæra Incognita (2019) 122 exemplars
Anathem {Part 1 of 2} (2010) 38 exemplars
Anathem {Part 2 of 2} (2010) 33 exemplars
Les Deux Mondes T1 (2014) 16 exemplars
New Found Land: The Long Haul (2021) 13 exemplars
Spew {story} 6 exemplars
2006 5 exemplars
Choc terminal - tome 2 (2023) 2 exemplars
Eos Reader 1998-2008 (2008) 2 exemplars
Snow Crash {Part 1 of 2} (2001) 2 exemplars
 Stephenson Neal 2 exemplars
The Future of Ideas 1 exemplars
Seven Eves (Chinese Edition) (2018) 1 exemplars
Two for the Road 1 exemplars
Locus 526, November 2004 (2004) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity (2003) — Introducció, algunes edicions1,514 exemplars
Steampunk (2008) — Col·laborador — 823 exemplars
Suddenly, a Knock on the Door (2010) — Narrador, algunes edicions505 exemplars
Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future (2014) — Col·laborador — 241 exemplars
Hackers (1984) — Col·laborador — 116 exemplars
Disco 2000 (1998) — Col·laborador — 97 exemplars
Full Spectrum 5 (1995) — Col·laborador — 73 exemplars
Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World (2017) — Col·laborador — 35 exemplars
Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon (2013) — Col·laborador — 35 exemplars

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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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entry point for Neal Stephenson a Science Fiction Fans (juny 2013)

Ressenyes

Enjoyable, very much a Stephenson lite book (minimal regressions).
 
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dabacon | Hi ha 39 ressenyes més | Mar 14, 2024 |
Finished this on the 3rd try. I needed to be sure there wasn't something in the ending that would have redeemed this book. There wasn't.

The premise very interesting and the plot is fairly good - until about 3/4 of the way through. The excessive use of made up words and difficult to parse prose with several instances of inconsistencies was irritating. I got the feeling the author was being forced to write this on a schedule and just spewed out verbiage to try to sound erudite.

Giving my copy to the library.… (més)
 
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RuthInman123 | Hi ha 204 ressenyes més | Mar 12, 2024 |
*gasp, pant* After a couple of false starts and a break to read an easier book, I finally finished! I feel like there should be a certificate or a sticker, at the very least. 500 pages is not a long book, granted, but the text is so dense and the world-building and dramatis personae so complex and extensive that every page seemed to equal a chapter. I enjoyed the author's powerful imagination while reading, and did get caught up in Nell's story, but I'm not sure I understood half of what was going on - probably more than a William Gibson novel, though. Also, the ending was abysmal.

I was going to add that reading Snow Crash first might have helped my comprehension - but according to my library, I have read Snow Crash! Apparently Stephenson never makes any sense and my brain blocks the experience out afterwards.
… (més)
 
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AdonisGuilfoyle | Hi ha 204 ressenyes més | Mar 5, 2024 |
Very confusing with the multiple time and people threads. Each segment held my interest, but I couldn't remember what had been happening when I got to the same people/time later in the book. By the end I didn't really care what happened or to whom.
 
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ETribby | Hi ha 293 ressenyes més | Mar 4, 2024 |

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Estadístiques

Obres
76
També de
15
Membres
108,136
Popularitat
#80
Valoració
4.0
Ressenyes
2,544
ISBN
629
Llengües
23
Preferit
776

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