Anathem
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · August 25, 2009
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- Who it’s for
- A layered science-fiction premise brings secluded thinkers back into a world facing an astronomical crisis.
- Themes
- Secluded intellectual community, Astronomical-scale crisis, Science and philosophy
- Genres
- Hard Sci-Fi, Cyberpunk, Visionary Fiction
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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. 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.
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Anathem 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. Louis Post-Dispatch), while Time magazine proclaims, “The great novel of ideas…has morphed into science fiction, and Neal Stephenson is its foremost practitioner.”
Ideas Behind Walls
A layered science-fiction premise brings secluded thinkers back into a world facing an astronomical crisis.
Come here for
- Science, philosophy, and mathematics woven into an imaginative premise
- A serious-minded read with room for big ideas
Expect
- An alternate universe shaped by ancient monastic seclusion
- Intellectual ambition alongside an astronomical crisis
Where it sits
| Hard Sci-Fi | 62% |
|---|---|
| Visionary Fiction | 50% |
| Cyberpunk | 39% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Epic Fantasy
- Historical Fantasy
- Ancient Historical Fiction
- Time-Travel Romance
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- Romantic Suspense
- Sci-Fi Romance
- Ancient-World Romance
- New Adult Romance
- Authors
- Neal Stephenson
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- August 25, 2009
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Secluded intellectual community · Astronomical-scale crisis · Science and philosophy
- Reading lane
- Epic Fantasy