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 vis mere 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) vis mindre

Omfatter også følgende navne: N. Stivenson, NEAL STEPHSON, Stivenson Nil, Neil Stephenson, Neal Stephenson, Neil Stephenson, Neal Stephenson, Stephanson Neal, Neal R. Stephenson, by Neal Stephenson, Neal Town Stephenson, Neal Stephenson, et al, Ніл Стівенсон, Нил Стивенсон, Нийл Стивънсън, Neal; Neal Stephenson Stephenson, Neal & Stephenson Stephenson, Neal, ニールスティーヴンスン, ニール・スティーヴンスン

Image credit: U.S. novelist Neal Stephenson at Science Foo Camp 2008. Author Bob Lee; cropped by Beyond My Ken

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Kanonisk navn: Stephenson, Neal
Juridisk navn: Stephenson, Neal Town
Andre navne: Bury, Stephen (pseudonym)
Fødselsdato: 1959
Køn: male
Nationalitet: USA
Fødested: Fort Meade, Maryland, USA
Bopæl: Fort Meade, Maryland, USA
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, USA
Ames, Iowa, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA
Uddannelse: Boston University (BA | Geography | 1981)
Erhverv: novelist
short story writer
essayist
Subutai Corporation (Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder)
Relationer: Jewsbury, George Frederick (samen onder pseud. Stephen Bury)
Organisationer: The Clock of the Long Now Project
Subutai Corporation
Priser og hædersbevisninger: 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
Kort biografi: 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.