Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing
Aug 2012 · Sold by Harper Collins
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson is, quite simply, one of the best and most respected writers alive. He’s taken sf to places it’s never been (Snow Crash, Anathem). He’s reinvented the historical novel (The Baroque Cycle), the international thriller (Reamde), and both at the same time (Cryptonomicon).
Now he treats his legion of fans to Some Remarks, an enthralling collection of essays—Stephenson’s first nonfiction work since his long essay on technology, In the Beginning…Was the Command Line, more than a decade ago—as well as new and previously published short writings both fiction and non.
Some Remarks is a magnificent showcase of a brilliantly inventive mind and talent, as he discourses on everything from Sir Isaac Newton to Star Wars.
What happens when one of fiction’s most inventive minds turns his gaze to the real world?
- The Future of Innovation: A provocative look at why we’ve stopped making big things and what it takes to get humanity’s ambition back on track.
- Deep Dive Journalism: The legendary, book-length report from his journey following the laying of the longest wire on Earth—a masterclass in hacker tourism.
- The Philosophy of Science: An exploration of the epic intellectual battle between Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz over the nature of God, space, and time.
- Classic Cyberpunk Fiction: Includes the iconic short story "Spew," a foundational text of the cyberpunk movement, available alongside other rare fictional gems.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson is, quite simply, one of the best and most respected writers alive. He’s taken sf to places it’s never been (Snow Crash, Anathem). He’s reinvented the historical novel (The Baroque Cycle), the international thriller (Reamde), and both at the sa...
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Joe LaPenna
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July 4, 2015
Neal'd tendency towards large dumps of world building in his fiction works much better in his non-fiction. Mother earth motherboard alone is worth the price of this book
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Neal Stephenson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels, including Polostan, the first novel in the Bomb Light series. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
Neal Stephenson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of sixteen novels, including Polostan, the first novel in the Bomb Light series. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
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