Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, E.D. deBirmingham, Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey, Cooper Moo. Amazon/47 North, $14.95 trade paper (450p) ISBN 978-1-61218-236-0 Stephenson (Snow Crash) and Bear ...

It’s been one week since prolific author Neal Stephenson and “The Lord of the Rings” VFX studio Wētā Workshop launched web ...

Yesterday I picked up the latest Neal Stephenson novel, Reamde, and was—as I typically am every time I pick up a Stephenson book—floored by its immensity. The 1000 plus pages in my hand made me think ...

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This may, possibly, be one future of the novel: as an app. And who better to push the limits of writing than Neal Stephenson, an author whose novels have already explored weird and unusual corners of ...

Surely Medieval knights would be appalled by the swordplay displayed in modern video games. Warriors hack blindly. Swords miraculously catch fire. Characters swing in wild circles like the Tasmanian ...

Neal Stephenson is amazing at beginnings and not so hot at endings, and his new novel, “Seveneves,” has a marvelous opening sentence: “The moon blew up without warning and for no apparent reason.” The ...

Neal Stephenson has outdone himself, and that’s saying something. Seattle novelist Stephenson has published speculative fiction in the alternative present or near future (“Snow Crash” among others), ...

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While the publishing industry fights to survive, a group of scifi writers and software developers have struck out on their own. Led by Neal Stephenson, author of Cryptonomicon, the group built an ...