It’s less than a month before the release of Neal “Snow Crash” Stephenson’s new novel Anathem, and you’re probably starting to wonder what the hell that title means. Never fear — Amazon has just ...

Orolo from Anathem by Neal Stephenson. Orolo sacrifices his life in a really cool and noble way, to help the pursuit of knowledge and to help the people of Arbre to understand the alien ship in orbit.

The idea for "Anathem" was sparked by Stephenson's work for the Long Now Foundation on an idea for their millennial clock, designed to run for 10,000 years with limited human intervention.

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 ...

Neal Stephenson writes big, brainy novels full of ideas and digressions that should come with a protractor, the better to do mental calculations while trying to keep track of the plot. Stephenson didn ...

Neal Stephenson's "Anathem" pulls off what most writers would never dare attempt -- it is simultaneously a philosophical argument and a ripping good yarn.