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Primarily a science-fiction writer, who, although principally writing about computer and computer-related technologies such as nanotechnology, does not belong to the cyberpunk school of writers such as William Gibson, and Bruce Sterling. Although he wrote earlier novels such as the eco-thriller Zodiac, he came to fame in the early 1990s with the deeply funny novel Snowcrash? which fuses hi-tech with such themes as Babylonian mythology. He has written two subsequent novels [The Diamond Age]? which deals with an alternative history and nanotechnology, and Cryptonomicon?, a novel which derives its title from the Necronomicon, a a fictional work detailed within the works of the writer [H P Lovecraft]?, which is concerned with computing, and codebreaking. |
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Primarily a science-fiction writer, who, although principally writing about computer and computer-related technologies such as nanotechnology, does not belong to the cyberpunk school of writers such as William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. Although he wrote earlier novels such as the eco-thriller Zodiac?, he came to fame in the early 1990s with the deeply funny novel Snowcrash? which fuses hi-tech themes with Babylonian mythology. He has written two subsequent novels [The Diamond Age: or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer]? which deals with a future with extensive nanotechnology, and Cryptonomicon?, a novel concerned with computing and codebreaking from the second World War codebreakers to a modern attempt to set up a data haven. (Though the title is reminiscent of the Necronomicon, a fictional work detailed within the works of the writer H. P. Lovecraft, Stephenson has stated that this is because he liked the sound of the name; he had not read any Lovecraft at that time, and the novel has no connection with Lovecraft's themes.) Works: fiction: * [The Big U]? (1984) * Zodiac? (1988) * [Snow Crash]? (1992) * [The Diamond Age: or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer]? (1995) * Cryptonomicon? (1999) non-fiction: * [In the Beginning ... was the Command Line]? (1999) He has also written fiction as [Stephen Bury]? together with J. Frederick George - at least two novels, Cobweb and Interface Links: http://www.cryptonomicon.com |
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