- Science Fiction, Thriller, Fiction, Fiction, thrillers, general
From his triumphant debut with Snow Crash to the stunning success of his latest novel, Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson has quickly become the voice of a generation. In this now-classic political thriller, he and fellow author J.
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Classical in form, resolved, contemporary and plot-driven.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
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- First published
- 1998
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group, Penguin Random House, Spectra
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English, Spanish
- ISBN
- 9781407080710
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Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer and game designer 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 (funded by Jeff Bezos) developing a m
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