"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.
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."""
By:
Neal Stephenson Imprint: Harper Collins Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 170mm,
Width: 107mm,
Spine: 56mm
Weight: 567g ISBN:9780061474101 ISBN 10: 006147410X Pages: 981 Publication Date:01 September 2009 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Anathem
[R]avishingly brilliant, outrageously ambitious Stephenson embarks on a mission of world-building, and he is thoroughly successful at it. --South Florida Sun Sentinel on ANATHEM