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Anathem by Neal Stephenson - Review

Posted in : www.authors-books.com Sun, Nov 30 2008, 17:05

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...

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Best Books of 2008: Science Fiction & Fantasy - Amazon

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Liberation: Being the Adventures of the Slick Six After the Collapse of the United States of America by Brian Francis Slattery The Drowned Life by Jeffrey Ford The Resurrectionist by Jack O'Connell Tender Morsels by Margo Lanagan Anathe...

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Anathem by Neal Stephenson - Interview

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Anathem by Neal Stephenson Tim Martin peers into the fertile worlds of writer Neal Stephenson and finds that he hasn't made it all up We're sitting in the Mason's Arms near Marble Arch in London, which still has 18th-century manacles in the beer ...

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Anathem by Neal Stephenson - Review

Posted in : www.authors-books.com Mon, Oct 27 2008, 16:13

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 ...

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Anathem by Neal Stephenson - Review

Posted in : www.authors-books.com Fri, Oct 03 2008, 19:17

Anathem by Neal Stephenson I think this novel is wonderful. So I don't want to put you off. But let's be clear: there is plenty to put you off. There is a strong case for thinking this book utterly tiresome. Please, don't. You'll miss quite a lot...

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Anathem by Neal Stephenson - Review

Posted in : www.authors-books.com Sat, Sep 20 2008, 15:32

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="108" caption="Cover"][/caption] Anathem by Neal Stephenson To sum up: Reading "Anathem" is a humbling experience. Wow, you say to yourself, this guy Stephenson really knows a lot of stuff about philosophy ...

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Wall Street Journal Best-Sellers

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FICTION 1. Eclipse (The Twilight Saga, Book 3) by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown) 2. Breaking Dawn (The Twilight Saga, Book 4) by Stephenie Meyer (Little Brown) 3. Anathem by Neal Stephenson (William Morrow) 4. The Book of Lies by Brad Mel...

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Anathem by Neal Stephenson - Review

Posted in : www.authors-books.com Sun, Sep 07 2008, 22:11

Anathem by Neal Stephenson There is a lot to Anathem, but Stephenson doesn't seem to find the right balance between action- and intellectual-thriller -- and much too rarely manages to keep the novel on both tracks. It's certainly readable and occasi...

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General Fiction Coming Soon

Posted in : www.authors-books.com Sat, Sep 06 2008, 15:33

"American Wife: A Novel," by Curtis Sittenfeld (RH, Sept.). A sweet, bookish girl grows up to become a librarian -- and the first lady of the United States. "Anathem," by Neal Stephenson (Morrow, Sept.). The author of "Cryptonomicon" returns with ...

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Anathem by Neal Stephenson - Preview Video

Posted in : www.authors-books.com Thu, Sep 04 2008, 00:34

Anathem by Neal Stephenson Publishers of Anathem by Neal Stephenson--the Hugo-Award-winning SF author ofCryptonomicon and Snow Crash, among other novels--have posted a preview video for the book, which hits store shelves on Sept. 9. Anathem Preview ...

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