Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, E.D. deBirmingham, Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey, Cooper Moo. Amazon/47 North, $14.95 trade paper (450p) ISBN 978-1-61218-236-0 Stephenson (Snow Crash) and Bear ...

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Author Neal Stephenson famously invented the term “Metaverse” with the publication of Snow Crash in 1992 a year before the ...

Yesterday I picked up the latest Neal Stephenson novel, Reamde, and was—as I typically am every time I pick up a Stephenson book—floored by its immensity. The 1000 plus pages in my hand made me think ...

Neal Stephenson has outdone himself, and that’s saying something. Seattle novelist Stephenson has published speculative fiction in the alternative present or near future (“Snow Crash” among others), ...

Science-fiction author Neal Stephenson, shown here at a 2018 Town Hall event in Bellevue, Wash., uses Seattle as a setting in his latest novel, “Fall; or, Dodge in Hell.” (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) ...

Neal Stephenson is amazing at beginnings and not so hot at endings, and his new novel, “Seveneves,” has a marvelous opening sentence: “The moon blew up without warning and for no apparent reason.” The ...

Neal Stephenson, who inspired much of the current VR industry with his novel Snow Crash, explained why he’s excited about virtual reality and augmented reality — and it’s for less technical reasons ...

Neal Stephenson's breakout hit, Snow Crash, envisioned a world of virtual reality—in 1992. The Diamond Age foresaw the future of nanotechnology in 1995. The more recent Reamde took the reader on a ...

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