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As a fantasy writer, he was not highly regarded (“one cannot call him profoundly mediocre without venturing so far out on the critical limb as to bend it to the ground,” “so derivative that the reader loses track of who he’s ripping off,” “to say he is tin-eared would render a disservice to a blameless citizen of the periodic table of the elements”).

Neal Stephenson (b. 1959) American novelist
Reamde, Part 1 “Nine Dragons – Thanksgiving,” prologue (2011)

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Stephenson, Neal - Reamde, Part 1 "Nine Dragons - Thanksgiving," prologue (2011) | WIST Quotations

As a fantasy writer, he was not highly regarded ("one cannot call him profoundly mediocre without venturing so far out on the critical limb as to bend it to the ground," "so derivative that the reader loses track of who he’s ripping off," "to say he is tin-eared would render…

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fsolt May 24

Criptonomicón – Neal Stephenson (1999)

Me resulta difícil escribir una reseña sobre Criptonomicón sin que esta sea tan larga como la obra (en castellano sólo he podido encontrar una edición de Penguin Random House que divide la historia en tres volúmenes, con un total de unas ~1500 páginas), ya que la cantidad de temas que trata es tan grande que una mera enumeración puede llegar a abrumar: el desarrollo de la computación; el proceso de romper la máquina Enigma; distintas campañas militares durante la segunda guerra […]

https://fsolt.es/2026/05/criptonomicon-neal-stephenson-1999/

John Griogair Bell Apr 27

Seveneves https://library.hrmtc.com/2026/04/27/seveneves/ #AmericanScienceFiction #AmericanScienceFiction21stCentury #ApocalypticDystopian #book #CatastrophesRomansNouvellesEtc #ColoniesSpatialesRomansNouvellesEtc #disasters #DisastersFiction #EarthPlanet #EarthPlanetFiction #endOfTheWorld #EndOfTheWorldFiction #EspaceExtraAtmospheRiqueExplorationRomansNouvellesEtc #ExplorationOfOuterSpace #fantasy #fiction #FictionDisaster #FictionDystopian #FictionFantasyEpic #FictionLiterary #FictionScienceFictionHardScienceFiction #FictionScienceFictionGeneticEngineering #FictionScienceFictionSpaceExploration #FictionThrillersSuspense #FictionThrillersTechnological #FictionWomen #FICTIONScienceFictionApocalypticPostApocalyptic #FictionClassics #FictionScienceFictionSpaceOpera #fictionalWork #FinDuMondeRomansNouvellesEtc #HabileteSDeSurvieRomansNouvellesEtc #HardScienceFiction #literaryFiction #MaryRobinetteKowal #mystery #NealStephenson #Novels #OuterSpace #OuterSpaceExplorationFiction #Pioneers #PioneersFiction #PionniersRomansNouvellesEtc #PopularFiction #review #romans #ScienceFiction #SpaceColonies #SpaceColoniesFiction #SpaceOperas #survival #SurvivalFiction #TPolyphilus #TerreRomansNouvellesEtc #ThrillersCrime

tuxflo Apr 16

Liebes Fediverse:
Durch das Hören der @browserhistory zum Metaverse suche ich das folgende Hörbuch:
Snow Crash von Neal Stephenson (auf Deutsch)
Laut https://www.buecher-magazin.de/rezensionen/hoerbuecher/thriller-und-krimis/snow-crash müsste es von Detlev Bierstedt gelesen worden sein.

#FediHelp #Hoerbuch #Audiobook #NealStephenson #SnowCrash

buecher-magazin.de | Hörbuch-Rezension: Snow Crash

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bloke_zero Apr 13

This is great - "Bangers from Gibbon" - https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/bangers-from-gibbon
#history #gibbon #nealstephenson

Bangers from Gibbon

Sampling the greatest prose stylist ever

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MidgePhoto Apr 10

RE: https://mastodon.social/@sundogplanets/116381527689674082

Possibly time for the satellites to be doing some sort of flocking work themselves.

But who would trust other satellites?

#NealStephenson the #SciFi writer introduyced a program. #perambulator for that, in this entertaining novel #SevenEves

MathiasTCK.bsky.social Apr 10

I been reading less but I keep up with #NealStephenson for hard sci fi. I like his recent near future stuff like: Fall; or, #DodgeInHell I'd say it has heart. Neal can be a bit dry but great on the #HardSciFi angle and world building. .https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall;_or,_Dodge_in_Hell

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MidgePhoto Apr 2

@dgar #SciFi the author #NealStephenson introduces someone's #steelyard test for the same purpose. In another of the hypothetical #ManyWorlds

#Anathem