“Clever and uly ’s brilliance is undeniable.” - Locus, Gary K. “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.” - Publishers Weekly on ANATHEM “A sprawling disquisition… logophilic treat for those who like their alternate worlds big, parodic and ironic.” - Kirkus Reviews on ANATHEM “Reading Anathem is a humbling experience.” - Washington Post on ANATHEM Louis Post-Dispatch), while Time magazine proclaims, “The great novel of ideas…has morphed into science fiction, and Neal Stephenson is its foremost practitioner.” Critical Praise 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.Īnathem 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.
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.
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