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

Serier

Værker af Neal Stephenson

Snow Crash (1992) 20,067 eksemplarer
Cryptonomicon (1999) 17,000 eksemplarer
The Diamond Age (1995) 11,175 eksemplarer
Quicksilver (2003) 8,950 eksemplarer
Anathem (2008) 8,255 eksemplarer
The Confusion (2004) 6,465 eksemplarer
The System of the World (2004) 5,862 eksemplarer
Seveneves (2015) 4,797 eksemplarer
Reamde (2011) 4,255 eksemplarer
Zodiac (1988) 4,095 eksemplarer
In the Beginning...was the Command Line (1999) 2,198 eksemplarer
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (2017) 2,035 eksemplarer
Interface (1994) 1,810 eksemplarer
Quicksilver (2003) 1,649 eksemplarer
The Big U (1984) 1,616 eksemplarer
Fall; or, Dodge in Hell (2019) — Forfatter — 1,471 eksemplarer
The Cobweb (1996) 1,097 eksemplarer
Termination Shock (2021) 940 eksemplarer
The Mongoliad: Book One (2012) 864 eksemplarer
The Mongoliad: Book Two (2012) 402 eksemplarer
King of the Vagabonds (2004) 365 eksemplarer
The Mongoliad: Book Three (2013) 344 eksemplarer
Odalisque (2003) 316 eksemplarer
Cryptonomicon I: Enigma (1999) 260 eksemplarer
Cryptonomicon II: Pontifex (2001) 188 eksemplarer
Cryptonomicon III: Arthusa (2001) 184 eksemplarer
Atmosphæra Incognita (2019) 122 eksemplarer
Currency {Baroque Cycle, Book 7} (2006) 80 eksemplarer
Anathem {Part 1 of 2} (2010) 38 eksemplarer
Anathem {Part 2 of 2} (2010) 33 eksemplarer
Les Deux Mondes T1 (2014) 16 eksemplarer
New Found Land: The Long Haul (2021) 13 eksemplarer
Spew {story} 6 eksemplarer
2006 5 eksemplarer
Choc terminal - tome 2 (2023) 2 eksemplarer
Eos Reader 1998-2008 (2008) 2 eksemplarer
Snow Crash {Part 1 of 2} (2001) 2 eksemplarer
 Stephenson Neal 2 eksemplarer
The Future of Ideas 1 eksemplar
Seven Eves (Chinese Edition) (2018) 1 eksemplar
Two for the Road 1 eksemplar
Locus 526, November 2004 (2004) 1 eksemplar

Associated Works

Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity (2003) — Introduktion, nogle udgaver1,514 eksemplarer
Steampunk (2008) — Bidragyder — 823 eksemplarer
Suddenly, a Knock on the Door (2010) — Fortæller, nogle udgaver505 eksemplarer
Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future (2014) — Bidragyder — 241 eksemplarer
Hackers (1984) — Bidragyder — 116 eksemplarer
Disco 2000 (1998) — Bidragyder — 97 eksemplarer
Full Spectrum 5 (1995) — Bidragyder — 73 eksemplarer
Chasing Shadows: Visions of Our Coming Transparent World (2017) — Bidragyder — 35 eksemplarer
Starship Century: Toward the Grandest Horizon (2013) — Bidragyder — 35 eksemplarer

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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.

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Statistikker

Værker
76
Also by
15
Medlemmer
108,136
Popularitet
#80
Vurdering
4.0
Anmeldelser
2,544
ISBN
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