Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson (b. October 31, 1959 in Fort Meade, Maryland) is known primarily as a science fiction writer in the postcyberpunk genre with a penchant for diverting into explorations of mathematics, currency, and the history of science. He also writes non-fiction articles about technology in publications such as Wired Magazine, and works part-time as an advisor for Blue Origin, a company (funded by Jeff Bezos) developing a manned suborbital launch system http://www.well.com/user/neal/myrelationship.html.

Bibliography

• Fiction:
• The Big U (1984)
• Zodiac (1988)
• Snow Crash (1992)
• Interface (1994) as Stephen Bury with J. Frederick George
• Short story: "Spew" (1994)
• Short story: "The Great Simoleon Caper" (1995)
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• The Cobweb (1996) as Stephen Bury with J. Frederick George
• Short story: "Jipi and the paranoid chip" (1997)
• Cryptonomicon (1999) (Website)
• Quicksilver (2003), volume I of The Baroque Cycle (annotated in the Metaweb wiki)
• The Confusion (2004), volume II of The Baroque Cycle
• The System of the World (2004), volume III of The Baroque Cycle
• Non-fiction:
• Smiley's people. 1993.
• In the Kingdom of Mao Bell. 1994. A billion Chinese are using new technology to create the fastest growing economy on the planet. But while the information wants to be free, do they?
• Mother Earth Mother Board. 1996. In which the Hacker Tourist ventures forth across three continents, telling the story of the business and technology of undersea fiber-optic cables, as well as an account of the laying of the longest wire on Earth.
• Global Neighborhood Watch. 1998. Stopping street crime in the global village.
• In the Beginning...was the Command Line. Perennial. 1999. ISBN 0380815931. (Homepage)