Anathem is set on a planet called Arbre, where the protagonist, Erasmas, is among a cohort of secluded scientists, philosophers and mathematicians who are called upon to save the world from impending catastrophe. Erasmas — Raz to his friends — has spent most of his life inside a 3,400-year-old sanctuary. The rest of society — the Sæcular world — is described as an "endless landscape of casinos and megastores that is plagued by recurring cycles of booms and busts, dark ages and renaissances, world wars and climate change." Their planet, Arbre, has a history and culture that is roughly analogous to Earth. Resident scholars, including Raz, are unexpectedly summoned by a frightened Sæcular power to leave their monastic stronghold in the hope that they may prevent an approaching catastrophe.

Anathem is set on a planet called Arbre, where the protagonist, Erasmas, is among a cohort of secluded scientists, philosophers and mathematicians who are called upon to save the world from impending catastrophe. Erasmas — Raz to his friends — has spent most of his life inside a 3,400-year-old sanctuary. The rest of society — the Sæcular world — is described as an "endless landscape of casinos and megastores that is plagued by recurring cycles of booms and busts, dark ages and renaissances, world wars and climate change." Their planet, Arbre, has a history and culture that is roughly analogous to Earth. Resident scholars, including Raz, are unexpectedly summoned by a frightened Sæcular power to leave their monastic stronghold in the hope that they may prevent an approaching catastrophe.

Anathem is set on a planet called Arbre, where the protagonist, Erasmas, is among a cohort of secluded scientists, philosophers and mathematicians who are called upon to save the world from impending catastrophe. Erasmas — Raz to his friends — has spent most of his life inside a 3,400-year-old sanctuary. The rest of society — the Sæcular world — is described as an "endless landscape of casinos and megastores that is plagued by recurring cycles of booms and busts, dark ages and renaissances, world wars and climate change." Their planet, Arbre, has a history and culture that is roughly analogous to Earth. Resident scholars, including Raz, are unexpectedly summoned by a frightened Sæcular power to leave their monastic stronghold in the hope that they may prevent an approaching catastrophe.

WWII, year 1943. The allies have already cracked all the Nazi codes. They know where the military convoys are going and where enemy submarines are hiding. But if British destroyers will start finding and sinking Nazi submarines every time without any problems, Germans will figure out that their codes have been broken and will change them. That's why it's necessary to fool the enemy. For that reason, the special British-American secret unit 2702 was created…“The Bible” of cyberpunk (or cypherpunk? :) about the creation of the computer world. There is everything in it: love, war, betrayal, treasures on the bottom of the sea, and even exile from Eden…

WWII, year 1943. The allies have already cracked all the Nazi codes. They know where the military convoys are going and where enemy submarines are hiding. But if British destroyers will start finding and sinking Nazi submarines every time without any problems, Germans will figure out that their codes have been broken and will change them. That's why it's necessary to fool the enemy. For that reason, the special British-American secret unit 2702 was created..."The Bible" of cyberpunk (or cypherpunk? :) about the creation of the computer world. There is everything in it: love, war, betrayal, treasures on the bottom of the sea, and even exile from Eden...

W roku 1942 Lawrence Pritchard Waterhouse — geniusz matematyczny i młody kapitan Marynarki Wojennej USA — zostaje przydzielony do Jednostki 2702. Ta formacja jest tak tajna, że o jej istnieniu wie zaledwie garstka ludzi; niektórzy z nich noszą nazwiska w rodzaju Roosevelt czy Churchill. Misja Waterhouse'a i Jednostki 2702 dowodzonej przez żołnierza piechoty morskiej Bobby'ego Shaftoe: utrzymać Niemców w niewiedzy, że aliancki wywiad złamał legendarną Enigmę, to rodzaj gry, kryptograficznej partii szachów między Waterhouse'em a jego niemieckim odpowiednikiem, tłumaczonej na język akcji wojskowych przez dzielnego Shaftoe i jego żołnierzy.Przewijamy w przód do teraźniejszości, gdzie wnuk kryptohackera Waterhouse'a, Randy, próbuje utworzyć w Azji Południowo-Wschodniej „przechowalnię danych” — miejsce, gdzie zaszyfrowane dane mogą być trzymane i wymieniane. Gdy przedsięwzięcie atakują władze oraz wielkie korporacje, Randy łączy siły z wnuczką Shaftoe'a, Amy. Niebawem ich plan doprowadza do ujawnienia potężnego spisku, sięgającego Jednostki 2702. Droga prowadzi do niewyobrażalnego bogactwa, do świata osobistej i cyfrowej wolności... albo do odrodzenia ogólnoświatowego totalitaryzmu.

Dans une Chine rétro-futuriste partagée entre réseaux neuronaux, rebelles intégristes néo-confucéens et comptoirs occidentaux, l’Itinéraire d’une toute jeune fille guidée par les préceptes de son étonnant mentor électronique… Un roman interactif et frénétique, électronique et victorien, érotique et poétique, où l’on verra intervenir une actrice au grand cœur, un producteur trop curieux, un savant pas si fou que ça, un mandarin, quelques nobles actionnaires, plusieurs petites filles, une armée de rebelles, des hordes de réfugiés et la reine Victoria II…Entre Jules Verne et William Gibson, voici une épopée délirante qui allie les inventions du cyberpunk et les images des clips vidéo avec la tradition du roman-feuilleton et le charme suranné des poèmes victoriens.Malmenant les genres, mêlant science-fiction, théâtre, poésie, récit d’aventures et conte pour enfants, dans cet hommage irrévérencieux à Samuel Coleridge, Lewis Carroll et Edgar Poe, voire Michael Moorcock ou Georges Perec, Neal Stephenson s’affirme avec ce roman dense et foisonnant comme l’étoile montante du nouveau fantastique américain.

Stephenson opisał tu badaczy, filozofów, naukowców, którzy zostali zamknięci w zakonach i pozbawieni dostępu do komputerów, akceleratorów cząstek oraz reszty niezbędnego ustrojstwa, lecz nie zaprzestali swoich badań. Opracowali nowe metody pracy, równie dobre, a może nawet lepsze od starych, bo działające wyłącznie w oparciu o wszechstronne możliwości psychofizycznego instrumentarium człowieka. Tym samym Stephenson zdaje się mówić wprost — jedyną technologią, którą warto rozwijać jest człowiek.

Four decades ago, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa family, fled to a wild and lonely mountainous corner of British Columbia to avoid the draft. Smuggling backpack loads of high-grade marijuana across the border into Northern Idaho, he quickly amassed an enormous and illegal fortune. With plenty of time and money to burn, he became addicted to an online fantasy game in which opposing factions battle for power and treasure in a vast cyber realm. Like many serious gamers, he began routinely purchasing virtual gold pieces and other desirables from Chinese gold farmers—young professional players in Asia who accumulated virtual weapons and armor to sell to busy American and European buyers.For Richard, the game was the perfect opportunity to launder his aging hundred dollar bills and begin his own high-tech start up—a venture that has morphed into a Fortune 500 computer gaming group, Corporation 9592, with its own super successful online role-playing game, T’Rain. But the line between fantasy and reality becomes dangerously blurred when a young gold farmer accidently triggers a virtual war for dominance—and Richard is caught at the center.In this edgy, 21st century tale, Neal Stephenson, one of the most ambitious and prophetic writers of our time, returns to the terrain of his cyberpunk masterpieces Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon, leading readers through the looking glass and into the dark heart of imagination.

An exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic — a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.What would happen if the world were ending?A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain. .Five thousand years later, their progeny — seven distinct races now three billion strong — embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown. . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.

From a recent (4/29/99) interview:Lomax: Above, you said that you were "no damn good at writing short stories".What about these days? Do you think you will write exclusively in the longform? Oh, and what's the deal with the Big U. Will that ever see printagain?Stephenson: I still find short stories very difficult to write, and I admirepeople who can do that. At the moment, novels are working for me and so Ithink I'll stick with them. Concerning the Big U… It is an okay novel,but I'm in no hurry to put it back into the world. There is a lot of othergood stuff that people could be reading.