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Neal Stephenson

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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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
Bildnachweis: U.S. novelist Neal Stephenson at Science Foo Camp 2008. Author Bob Lee; cropped by Beyond My Ken

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Werke von Neal Stephenson

Snow Crash: Roman (1992) 20,067 Exemplare
Cryptonomicon (1999) 17,000 Exemplare
Diamond Age. Die Grenzwelt. (1995) 11,175 Exemplare
Quicksilver (2003) 8,950 Exemplare
Anathem (2008) 8,256 Exemplare
Confusion: Roman (2004) 6,465 Exemplare
Principia (2004) 5,862 Exemplare
Amalthea (2015) 4,797 Exemplare
Error (2011) 4,255 Exemplare
Die Diktatur des schönen Scheins (1999) 2,198 Exemplare
Der Aufstieg und Fall des D.O.D.O. (2017) 2,035 Exemplare
Interface (1994) 1,810 Exemplare
Quicksilver (2003) 1,649 Exemplare
BIG U (1984) 1,616 Exemplare
Fall; or, Dodge in Hell (2019) — Autor — 1,471 Exemplare
The Cobweb (1996) 1,097 Exemplare
Termination Shock (2021) 940 Exemplare
The Mongoliad: Book Two (2012) 402 Exemplare
King of the Vagabonds (2004) 365 Exemplare
The Mongoliad: Book Three (2013) 344 Exemplare
Odalisque (2003) 316 Exemplare
Cryptonomicon, Part 1 (of 3) (1999) 260 Exemplare
Cryptonomicon, Part 2 (of 3) (2001) 188 Exemplare
Cryptonomicon, Part 3 (of 3) (2001) 184 Exemplare
Atmosphæra Incognita (2019) 122 Exemplare
Anathem {Part 1 of 2} (2010) 38 Exemplare
Anathem {Part 2 of 2} (2010) 33 Exemplare
Les Deux Mondes T1 (2014) 16 Exemplare
New Found Land: The Long Haul (2021) 13 Exemplare
Spew {story} 6 Exemplare
2006 5 Exemplare
Choc terminal - tome 2 (2023) 2 Exemplare
Eos Reader 1998-2008 (2008) 2 Exemplare
Snow Crash {Part 1 of 2} (2001) 2 Exemplare
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Seven Eves (Chinese Edition) (2018) 1 Exemplar
Two for the Road 1 Exemplar
Locus 526, November 2004 (2004) 1 Exemplar

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Gebräuchlichste Namensform
Stephenson, Neal
Rechtmäßiger Name
Stephenson, Neal Town
Andere Namen
Bury, Stephen (pseudonym)
Geburtstag
1959-10-31
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
USA
Geburtsort
Fort Meade, Maryland, USA
Wohnorte
Fort Meade, Maryland, USA
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA
Ames, Iowa, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA
Ausbildung
Boston University (BA | Geography | 1981)
Berufe
novelist
short story writer
essayist
Subutai Corporation (Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder)
Beziehungen
Jewsbury, George Frederick (samen onder pseud. Stephen Bury)
Organisationen
The Clock of the Long Now Project
Subutai Corporation
Preise und Auszeichnungen
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
Kurzbiographie
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 in The Green Dragon (August 2019)
entry point for Neal Stephenson in Science Fiction Fans (Juni 2013)

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I love Neal Stephenson, but this one feels a bit forced.

There are too many small deus ex machinas coming together for the grand finale.

I read it very quickly. because it's well written and fun, but it's not perfect.
 
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cwebb | 39 weitere Rezensionen | May 18, 2022 |
 
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longolius | 100 weitere Rezensionen | Nov 4, 2020 |
Abbruch; durchaus interessanter Stoff, aber zu zäh, zu langatmig. Vielleicht ein neuer Anlauf zu einer anderen Zeit
 
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AndreLorenz | 161 weitere Rezensionen | Nov 3, 2019 |
I somehow missed this Stephenson book and had to read it. I liked most of it very much, some parts were not as good obviously, but he manages to put it all together so as to construct a story arch or two.

A few of the stories are eerily good at forecasting... especially "In the Kingdon of Mao Bell" about Kong Kong, written in 1994, the last sentence reminds you of recent and ongoing events:

"But a longer historical perspective suggests that it's only a matter of time before the northerners come pouring down through the mountain passes to whip their troublesome southern cousins back into line."… (mehr)
½
 
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cwebb | 26 weitere Rezensionen | Aug 25, 2019 |

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