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Neal Stephenson Anathem (Paperback)
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- Condition
- Book Title
- Anathem
- Publication Name
- Anathem
- Title
- Anathem
- Format
- Mass Market
- ISBN-10
- 006147410X
- EAN
- 9780061474101
- ISBN
- 9780061474101
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Genre
- Fiction
- Release Year
- 2009
- Release Date
- 25/08/2009
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1.5in
- Item Length
- 6.8in
- Item Width
- 4.2in
- Item Weight
- 16.7 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Topic
- Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction / General, Historical, Fantasy / Historical
- Number of Pages
- 1008 Pages
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A #1 New York Times Bestseller, Anathem is perhaps the most brilliant literary invention to date from the incomparable Neal Stephenson, who rocked the world with Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and The Baroque Cycle. Now he imagines an alternate universe where scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians live in seclusion behind ancient monastery walls until they are called back into the world to deal with a crisis of astronomical proportions. Anathem won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and the reviews for have been dazzling: "Brilliant" (South Florida Sun-Sentinel), "Daring" (Boston Globe), "Immensely entertaining" (New York Times Book Review), "A tour de force" (St. Louis Post-Dispatch), while Time magazine proclaims, "The great novel of ideas...has morphed into science fiction, and Neal Stephenson is its foremost practitioner."
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Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
006147410x
ISBN-13
9780061474101
eBay Product ID (ePID)
22038207777
Product Key Features
Book Title
Anathem
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Topic
Science Fiction / Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Science Fiction / General, Historical, Fantasy / Historical
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
1008 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
6.8in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
4.2in
Item Weight
16.7 Oz
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Reviews
A sprawling disquisition...[a] logophilic treat for those who like their alternate worlds big, parodic and ironic., [R]avishingly brilliant, outrageously ambitious...ANATHEM is thought-provoking fun, at turns a post-graduate seminar of philosophy and physics, and a rousing yarn with characters you care about., [R]avishingly brilliant, outrageously ambitious.Stephenson embarks on a mission of world-building, and he is thoroughly successful at it.", A daring feat of speculative fiction.ANATHEM offers the reader a luscious arrangement of words, jokes, and speculations., Stephenson writes in twists and turns, double-backs and cul-de-sacs, winding tunnels and fast-moving tracks. It's a Rube Goldberg sort of book: intricate, sometimes difficult to follow but always fascinating to read., [O]ne of Stephenson's best novels...a captivating blend of culture clash, deductive reasoning and pure action., Anathem duly marries extensive dialogues on quantum mechanics and the nature of consciousness to literal cliffhangers, hi-tech warfare and derring-do., A sprawling disquisition…[a] logophilic treat for those who like their alternate worlds big, parodic and ironic., Anathem is a brilliant, playful tour of the terrain where logic, mathematics, philosophy and quantum physics intersect, a novel of ideas par excellence, melding wordplay and mathematical theory with a gripping, human adventure., A daring feat of speculative fiction…ANATHEM offers the reader a luscious arrangement of words, jokes, and speculations., The Seattle writer is kind of a cross between William Gibson and Richard Powers, hard-wired to tell stories, explore technology and riff on anything that catches his fancy., Learned, witty, weirdly torqued, emotionally complex, politically astute, and often darkly comic…ANATHEM is an audacious work by a highly intelligent imagination, a delightfully learned text., [R]avishingly brilliant, outrageously ambitious.ANATHEM is thought-provoking fun, at turns a post-graduate seminar of philosophy and physics, and a rousing yarn with characters you care about., Anyone who has read Stephenson's Baroque Cycle will be familiar with his ingenuity when it comes to mixing science, sociology and satire with swashbuckling adventure, and ANATHEM duly marries extensive dialogues on quantum mechanics and the nature of consciousness to literal cliffhangers, high-tech warfare and general derring-do., A daring feat of speculative fiction...ANATHEM offers the reader a luscious arrangement of words, jokes, and speculations., Learned, witty, weirdly torqued, emotionally complex, politically astute, and often darkly comic.ANATHEM is an audacious work by a highly intelligent imagination, a delightfully learned text., Stephenson displays his ingenuity when it comes to mixing science, sociology and satire with swashbuckling adventure. Anathem marries extensive scientific and philosophical dialogues to cliffhangers, hi-tech warfare and derring-do., A masterpiece...mind-bogglingly ambitious...readers will delight in puzzling out the historical antecedents in philosophy, science, mathematics, and art that Stephenson riffs on with his customary quicklsilver genius...it's one of the most thought-provoking novels I've ever read, and also one of the most engaging., Anathem is a challenge: Make yourself one of the avout. Make yourself a scholar, and try to understand the world a little differently., What ever happened to the great novel of ideas? It has morphed into science fiction, and Stephenson is its foremost practitioner. A-, [O]ne of Stephenson's best novels.a captivating blend of culture clash, deductive reasoning and pure action., Learned, witty, weirdly torqued, emotionally complex, politically astute, and often darkly comic...ANATHEM is an audacious work by a highly intelligent imagination, a delightfully learned text., A sprawling disquisition.[a] logophilic treat for those who like their alternate worlds big, parodic and ironic., Stephenson's expansive storytelling echoes Walter Miller's classic A Canticle for Leibowitz, the space operas of Larry Niven and the cultural meditations of Douglas Hofstadter a heady mix of antecedents that makes for long stretches of dazzling entertainment., [O]ne of Stephenson's best novels…a captivating blend of culture clash, deductive reasoning and pure action., A Tour-De-Force of World Building and High-Concept Speculation, Wrapped Around a Page-Turning Plot., [R]avishingly brilliant, outrageously ambitious…ANATHEM is thought-provoking fun, at turns a post-graduate seminar of philosophy and physics, and a rousing yarn with characters you care about., This is a book about science and philosophy which demands the full concentration of the reader -a worthwhile, smart, exciting read., The world Stephenson builds is richly visual, its complicated social politics are convincingly detailed, and its cool and conflicted heroes struggle with thrilling intellectual puzzles while they are tested in epic physical adventures., Stephenson's expansive storytelling echoes Walter Miller's classic A Canticle for Leibowitz, the space operas of Larry Niven and the cultural meditations of Douglas Hofstadter - a heady mix of antecedents that makes for long stretches of dazzling entertainment., As with Stephenson's previous work, plot and character are wrought to the highest standards of literary fiction but they're scarcely as fascinating as the worlds he conjures up. If there's anything more readable than ANATHEM it should probably be banned., 'A sprawling disquisition?[a] logophilic treat for those who like their alternate worlds big, parodic and ironic.' (Kirkus Reviews on ANATHEM), Stephenson's expansive storytelling echoes Walter Miller's classic A Canticle for Leibowitz, the space operas of Larry Niven and the cultural meditations of Douglas Hofstadter – a heady mix of antecedents that makes for long stretches of dazzling entertainment., "Blending quantum physics, phenomenological philosophy and various other fun hobbies...Stephenson's enthusiasm to share his theories and explanations is infectious...think "The Name of the Rose" crossed with "Dune"...genuinely fascinating brain food.", [R]avishingly brilliant, outrageously ambitious...Stephenson embarks on a mission of world-building, and he is thoroughly successful at it.", It's almost impossible to not be impressed by Anathem; there's simply too much erudition, wit, craft and risk-taking., [R]avishingly brilliant, outrageously ambitious…Stephenson embarks on a mission of world-building, and he is thoroughly successful at it."
Dewey Decimal
813.54
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Dewey Edition
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