Some Remarks

March 1, 2012

Surprise! Not another juicy work of speculative fiction from best-selling award winner Stephenson but a collection of essays he has contributed to magazines, symposia, websites, and blogs. It will be interesting to see the expansive Stephenson work in a smaller format. With a 75,000-copy first printing; cool.

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August 1, 2012
Known for his doorstop-size (but wildly imaginative) novels, Stephenson is also adept at short pieces, as evidenced by this collection of essays, interviews, and other nonfiction, most previously published. Here are excerpts of an interview for Slashdot, a technology-oriented website; a spunky lecture given at Gresham College; a piece about Britain's Royal Society; an examination of the appeal of the movie 300; Mother Earth, Mother Board, a sort of travelogue from the point of view of the hacker tourist; a brand-new essay, Arsebestos, about sitting (really); a brief article published in Time on his then-latest novel, Anathem; and other products of the author's unique and wide-ranging intellect. A must-read for Stephenson's fans, of course, but also for readers who enjoy thought-provoking, entertaining, and (occasionally) just plain out-there nonfiction.(Reprinted with permission of Booklist, copyright 2012, American Library Association.)