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Anathem by Neal Stephenson Fraa Erasmas is a member of the Decentarian Order of the Concent of Saunt Edhar - translation (you will find yourself doing a lot of this): he is a sort of scientist-come-monk, in a sort-of-monastery-come-university, and t... details >>>

Anathem by Neal Stephenson Fraa Erasmas is a member of a mathic order; which in his universe means he chose to retreat from society and join a cloister devoted to higher thinking. Those who live in the cloisters emerge once every ten, hundred, or th... details >>>

Anathem by Neal Stephenson Too much of the book is dominated by lengthy dialectical debates, whose conclusions are hardly earth-shattering (if you are reading this review, I suspect you already know how to divide a rectangular cake into eight equal ... details >>>