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Anathem Main Edition
Author(s): Neal Stephenson (Author)
- Publisher: Atlantic Books
- Publication Date: 1 Sept. 2008
- Edition: Main
- Language: English
- Print length: 960 pages
- ISBN-10: 1843549158
- ISBN-13: 9781843549154
Book Description
Since childhood, Raz has lived behind the walls of a 3,400-year-old monastery, a sanctuary for scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians. There, he and his cohorts are sealed off from the illiterate, irrational, unpredictable “saecular” world, an endless landscape of casinos and megastores that is plagued by recurring cycles of booms and busts, dark ages and renaissances, world wars and climate change. Until the day that a higher power, driven by fear, decides it is only these cloistered scholars who have the abilities to avert an impending catastrophe. And, one by one, Raz and his friends, mentors, and teachers are summoned forth without warning into the unknown.
Editorial Reviews
Review
The novel is beautifully written and, even though it runs to nearly 1,000 pages, it feels somehow too short, as though we’re made to leave this carefully constructed world and return to our own before we’re quite ready. A magnificent achievement. ― Booklist (Starred)
About the Author
Neal Stephenson is the author of eight novels, including the cult successes Snowcrash and Cryptonomicon. He has been shortlisted for the Arthur C. Clarke Award five times, winning with Quicksilver. Three of his last four novels have been New York Times bestsellers. He lives in Seattle.
