Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing â A Brilliant Collection on Science and Technology from Newton to Star Wars

Stephenson, Neal

ISBN 10: 0062024434 / ISBN 13: 9780062024435

Published by William Morrow (edition First Edition), 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing â A Brilliant Collection on Science and Technology from Newton to Star Wars
• Publisher: William Morrow (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062024434
• ISBN 13: 9780062024435
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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Synopsis

#1 New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson is, quite simply, one of the best and most respected writers alive. He’s taken sf to places it’s never been (Snow Crash, Anathem). He’s reinvented the historical novel (The Baroque Cycle), the international thriller (Reamde), and both at the same time (Cryptonomicon).

Now he treats his legion of fans to Some Remarks, an enthralling collection of essays—Stephenson’s first nonfiction work since his long essay on technology, In the Beginning…Was the Command Line, more than a decade ago—as well as new and previously published short writings both fiction and non.

Some Remarks is a magnificent showcase of a brilliantly inventive mind and talent, as he discourses on everything from Sir Isaac Newton to Star Wars.

What happens when one of science fiction’s most audacious minds turns his full attention to the real world?

• The History of Science: A brilliant analysis of the epic rivalry between Sir Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, and how their metaphysical clash shaped the modern world.
• Telecommunications Infrastructure: A legendary, globe-spanning piece of journalism that follows the laying of the longest wire on Earth, revealing the hidden backbone of our connected world.
• Innovation and the Future: A provocative look at why we've stopped making big things happen, from the decline of the space program to our collective failure to solve our energy problems.
• The World of Science Fiction: A candid inside look at the divide between "literary" and "genre" fiction, and why SF authors don't always get the respect they deserve.

About the Author

Neal Stephenson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels Termination Shock, Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (with Nicole Galland), Seveneves, Reamde, Anathem, The System of the World, The Confusion, Quicksilver, Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, Zodiac, and the groundbreaking nonfiction work In the Beginning . . .Was the Command Line. He lives in Seattle, Washington.