Neal Stephenson

Snow Crash este al treilea roman al lui Neal Stephenson și, la fel ca multe dintre romanele sale, conține elemente de istorie, lingvistică, antropologie, arheologie, religie, informatică, politică, criptografie și filozofie. În eseul său din 1992, In the Beginning... was the Command Line, Stephenson a explicat faptul …

In 1942, Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse—mathematical genius and young Captain in the U.S. Navy—is assigned to detachment 2702. It is an outfit so secret that only a handful of people know it exists, and some of those people have names like Churchill and Roosevelt. The mission of Waterhouse and Detachment 2702—commanded …

Era de diamant este un roman științifico-fantastic postcyberpunk de Neal Stephenson. Acțiunea romanului are loc într-un viitor în care nanotehnologia afectează toate aspectele vieții. A câștigat în 1996 Premiul Hugo și Premiul Locus.

In this wonderfully inventive follow-up to his bestseller Cryptonomicon, Neal Stephenson brings to life a cast of unforgettable characters in a time of breathtaking genius and discovery, men and women whose exploits defined an age known as the Baroque. Daniel Waterhouse possesses a brilliant scientific mind -- and yet …

Anathem este un roman de ficțiune speculativă scris de Neal Stephenson și publicat în 2008. Printre temele principale ale romanului se numără interpretarea multiple-lumi din mecanica cuantică și dezbaterea filozofică dintre realismul platonic și nominalism. În 2009 a primit Premiul Locus pentru cel mai bun roman …

It is the late 1600s on the high seas. A group of Barbary galley slaves plot as they ply the oars of a pirate ship. These ten men - unfortunates from around the world impressed into servitude - have heard whispers of an enormous cache of Spanish gold. Together, they hatch a daring scheme - escape their chains, seize a …

In the wake of a power struggle between the throne-seeking Tories and Whigs in early eighteenth-century England, Daniel Waterhouse teams up with Isaac Newton to hunt down a shadowy group that uses time bombs to kill Natural Philosophers.

Zodiac: An Eco-Thriller is a novel by American writer Neal Stephenson. His second novel, it tells the story of an environmentalist, Sangamon Taylor, uncovering a conspiracy involving industrialist polluters in Boston Harbor. The "Zodiac" of the title refers to the brand of inflatable motor boats the hero uses to get …

In the Beginning... Was the Command Line is an essay by Neal Stephenson which was originally published online in 1999 and later made available in book form. The essay is a commentary on why the proprietary operating systems business is unlikely to remain profitable in the future because of competition from free …

The Big U is Neal Stephenson's first published novel, a satire of campus life.