Neal Stephenson

Works that lean toward the “hard” end of the spectrum include most anything by Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein or Larry Niven; Peter F. Hamilton’s Night’s Dawn trilogy; Neal Stephenson’s Anathem.

Neal Stephenson Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson Neal Stephenson is the author of Reamde, Anathem; the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World); Cryptonomicon; The Diamond Age; Snow Crash, which was named one of Time magazine's top one hundred all-time best English-language novels; and Zodiac.

a magnificent creation: a work of great scope, intelligence, and imagination that ushers readers into a recognizable -- yet strangely inverted -- world

Anathem, the latest invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle, is a magnificent creation: a work of great scope, intelligence, and imagination that ushers readers into a recognizable — yet strangely inverted — world.

the latest miraculous invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle—a work of astonishing scope, intelligence, and imagination

Anathem is the latest miraculous invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle—a work of astonishing scope, intelligence, and imagination.

a fictional novel written by Neal Stepheson and published by William Morrow and Company in 2008

Anathem is a fictional novel written by Neal Stepheson and published by William Morrow and Company in 2008.

Stephenson at Paul Volcker's immersive world creating, language tweaking, surprise ending best

Anathem is Stephenson at Paul Volcker's immersive world creating, language tweaking, surprise ending best.

The successful and influential Snow Crash's latest novel

The successful and influential Snow Crash's latest novel, Anathem (2008), is another long, complex book, although more purely SF than The successful and influential Snow Crash's other recent works.

by Rachel Deering, art by Chris Mooneyham and Ian Herring

Written by Rachel Deering, art by Chris Mooneyham and Ian Herring, Anathema is an engaging story that cleverly intertwines romance, ancient folklore, mystical evils and the personal struggles of a woman who has lost everything.

Bill Gates

As Bill Gates did in Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.

Matt Lucas and Matt Lucas's indie game development company Esperware

obstacles was into this void that Matt Lucas and Matt Lucas's indie game development company Esperware created Anathema.

the seventy-six-year-old Andreas Papandreou

To conservative Americans, the seventy-six-year-old Andreas Papandreou was anathema, an American turncoat.

Neal Stehpenson

(Neal Stehpenson writes Neal Stehpenson's books (including the 900+ page Anathem) with a fountain pen to force himself to think about every sentence before Neal Stehpenson writes a computer down.)

by Justinian

Over the past century different hypotheses have been advanced, but historians appear to have settled on the following scenario, first proposed by Wilhelm Diekamp in 1899 and more recently advanced by Richard Price in Richard Price's book The Acts of the Council of Constantinople of 553 (published in 2009): the anathemas were most likely composed by Justinian and Richard Price's advisors and submitted for approval to the bishops who had come to Constantinople for the council.

the Emperor Justinian and Roman Catholics's theological advisors

Over the past century different hypotheses have been advanced, but historians appear to have settled on the following scenario, first proposed by Wilhelm Diekamp in 1899 and more recently advanced by Richard Price: the Emperor Justinian and Roman Catholics's theological advisors composed the anathemas and then submitted Roman Catholics to the bishops for “approval” before the council formally convened on 5 May 553.

Bryant

Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston in 1809—a stroke of purest irony on the part of fate, for Bryant was in no respect a Bostonian, and no respect was to Bostonians especially that Bryant was anathema.

a primer on Aristotle

The brothers and sisters in Stephenson's 'maths' (cloisters) are engaged in science, logic, ethics, and metaphysics - basically, Anathem is a primer on Aristotle.

St. Paul's verdict on Jesus-the-Christ-turned-into-Torah

St. Paul's verdict on Jesus-the-Christ-turned-into-Torah was “anathema” (1:9).

Ananta Sriram

Lyrics were penned by young Ananta Sriram and the music was composed by Manam film fame Anup Rubens.