- New York Times bestseller, Virtual reality, Money laundering, Computer games
Reamde is a speculative fiction novel by Neal Stephenson, published in 2011. The story, set in the present day, centers on the plight of a hostage and the ensuing efforts of family and new acquaintances, many of them associated with a fictional MMORPG, to rescue her as her various captors drag her about the globe. Topics covered range from online activities including gold farming and social networking to the criminal methods of the Russian Mafia and Islamic terrorists. ([Source][1]) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reamde
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Contemporary, plot-driven, relentless and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Neal Stephenson
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 1050
- Publisher
- Brilliance Audio, Atlantic Books, Limited, HarperCollins Publishers
- Editions
- 14
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781455830381
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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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