Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing - Brossura

Stephenson, Neal

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0062024442 ISBN 13: 9780062024442

Casa editrice: William Morrow & Co, 2013

Riassunto

This brilliant collection of nonfiction essays from the New York Times bestselling author covers a vast array of topics including, but not limited to, the importance of genre, Isaac Newton and metaphysics, Star Wars and 300, that offer a fascinating look into the mind of this remarkable writer. 75,000 first printing.

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L'autore:

Neal Stephenson is the bestselling author of the novels Reamde, Anathem, The System of the World, The Confusion, Quicksilver, Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, and Zodiac, and the groundbreaking nonfiction work In the Beginning . . . Was the Command Line. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

Dalla quarta di copertina:

One of the most talented and creative authors working today, Neal Stephenson is renowned for his exceptional novels—works colossal in vision and mind-boggling in complexity. Exploring and blending a diversity of topics, including technology, economics, history, science, pop culture, and philosophy, his books are the products of a keen and adventurous intellect. Not surprisingly, Stephenson is regularly asked to contribute articles, lectures, and essays to numerous outlets, from major newspapers and cutting-edge magazines to college symposia. This remarkable collection brings together previously published short writings, both fiction and nonfiction, as well as a new essay (and an extremely short story) created specifically for this volume.

Stephenson ponders a wealth of subjects, from movies and politics to David Foster Wallace and the Midwestern College Town; video games to classics-based sci-fi; how geekdom has become cool and how science fiction has become mainstream; the future of publishing and the origins of his novels.

By turns amusing and profound, critical and celebratory, yet always entertaining, Some Remarks offers a fascinating look into the prismatic mind of this extraordinary writer.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: William Morrow & Co
• Data di pubblicazione: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0062024442
• ISBN 13: 9780062024442
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 326