Neal Stephenson
Neal Town Stephenson (born 1959-10-31) is an American author known mostly for his historical fiction and techno thriller novels, but has also published several non-fiction works. His works tend to be on the cerebral side with subjects like mathematics, physics, and cryptography playing prominent roles.
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Personal
Stephenson is one of my favorite authors. The first book I read of his was Snow Crash which was lent to me by a friend who assured me I would like it, and I did. I have since read several more of his books and enjoyed each of them. I've enjoyed every book of Stephenson's that I've read and found them to also be informative. However, his books tend to be much longer than they need to be; he could really use an editor who takes a firm stance against padding. Stephenson's books also also bro-fests that focus almost entirely on men and, when women play important roles in his stories, they're usually raped or abused.
Bibliography
Novels
| Title | Released | Rating | Rank | Own? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Big U | 1984-??-?? | |||
| Zodiac | 1988-05-?? |  |
8 | |
| Snow Crash | 1992-06-?? |  |
6 | |
| Interface (with George Jewsbury) | 1994-04-?? |  |
9 | |
| The Diamond Age | 1995-02-?? |  |
5 | |
| The Cobweb (with George Jewsbury) | 1996-??-?? | |||
| Cryptonomicon | 1999-05-?? |  |
4 | |
| Quicksilver | 2003-09-23 | |
1 | Hardcover, US 1st edition |
| The Confusion | 2004-04-13 | |
2 | Hardcover, US 1st edition |
| The System of the World | 2004-09-21 | |
3 | Hardcover, US 1st edition |
| Anathem | 2008-09-09 | |
7 | Hardcover, US 1st edition |
| The Mongoliad (with Greg Bear) | 2010-2012 | |||
| Reamde | 2011-09-11 | Hardcover, US 1st edition | ||
| Seveneves | 2015-05-19 | |||
| The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (with Nicole Galland) | 2017-06-13 | |||
| Fall; or, Dodge in Hell | 2019-06-04 | |||
| New Found Land: The Long Haul (with Austin Grossman and Sean Stewart) | 2021-06-10 | |||
| Termination Shock | 2021-11-16 |
Non-Fiction, Essays, and Articles
| Title | Year | Rating | Rank | Own? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smiley's people | 1993-09-13 | |||
| In the Kingdom of Mao Bell | 1994-11-02 | |||
| Mother Earth Mother Board | 1996-??-?? | |||
| Global Neighborhood Watch | 1998-??-?? | |||
| In the Beginning... Was the Command Line | 1999-11-?? | |||
| Communication Prosthetics: Threat, or Menace? | 2001-??-?? | |||
| Turn on, Tune in, Veg Out | 2005-06-17 | |||
| It's All Geek to Me | 2007-03-18 | |||
| Atoms of Cognition: Metaphysics in the Royal Society 1715–2010 | 2010-11-02 | |||
| Space Stasis | 2011-02-02 | |||
| Innovation Starvation | 2011-??-?? | |||
| Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing | 2012-??-?? |
Short Fiction
| Title | Year | Rating | Rank | Own? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spew | 1994-??-?? | |||
| The Great Simoleon Caper | 1995-03-01 | |||
| Tribes of the Pacific Coast | 1995-??-?? | |||
| Jipi and the Paranoid Chip | 1997-07-07 | |
1 | |
| Atmosphæra Incognita | 2013-??-?? |
Media
Photos
Shaving his head with a sword.
A younger Stephenson.
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