Neal Stephenson's staggering techno-thriller is now in paperback: 'Fantastic stuff' Sunday Times, Books of the Year
Der brillante Autor von Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon und Anathem kehrt zurück mit einem Internet-Thriller, in dem ein reicher Unternehmer in das sehr reale Kreuzfeuer seines eigenen Online-Fantasy-Kriegsspiels gerät.In 1972, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an lowa [...]
When his own high-tech start up turns into a Fortune 500 computer gaming group, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa family who has amassed an illegal fortune, finds the line between fantasy and reality becoming blurred when a virtual war for dominance is triggered.
When his own high-tech start up turns into a Fortune 500 computer gaming group, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa family who has amassed an illegal fortune, finds the line between fantasy and reality becoming blurred when a virtual war for dominance is triggered.
English; Paperback / Softback
Released: 15.05.2012 / Delivery time: 3-5 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
This brilliant collection of nonfiction essays from the New York Times bestselling author covers a vast array of topics including, but not limited to, the importance of genre, Isaac Newton and metaphysics, Star Wars and 300, that offer a fascinating look into the mind of [...]
English; Paperback / Softback
Released: 11.06.2013 / Delivery time: at least 4 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
The first novel to be released in The Foreworld Saga, The Mongoliad: Book One, is an epic-within-an-epic, taking place in 13th century. In it, a small band of warriors and mystics raise their swords to save Europe from a bloodthirsty Mongol invasion. Inspired by their [...]
In this definitive collection of Stephenson's writings, journalism and meditations, the great American polymath puts the 20th Century - mathematics, cryptography, philosophy, currency, and the history of science and technology- under his eclectic and unflinching gaze.
English; Hardback
Released: 2012 / Delivery time: 3-5 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
In this definitive collection of Stephenson's writings, journalism and meditations, the great American polymath puts the 20th Century - mathematics, cryptography, philosophy, currency, and the history of science and technology- under his eclectic and unflinching gaze.
English; Paperback
Release: 05.09.2013 / Delivery time: Pre-Order (Article not released yet)
In this definitive collection of Stephenson's writings, journalism and meditations, the great American polymath puts the 20th Century - mathematics, cryptography, philosophy, currency, and the history of science and technology- under his eclectic and unflinching gaze.
A follow-up to the bestseller "Cryptonomicon", this book presents a cast of characters in a time of genius and discovery, men and women whose exploits defined the age of the High Baroque. It travels from the infant American colonies to the Tower of London, the glittering [...]
In it, a small band of warriors and mystics raise their swords to save Europe from a bloodthirsty Mongol invasion. Inspired by their leader (an elder of an order of warrior monks), they embark on a perilous journey and uncover the history of hidden knowledge and conflict [...]
English; Hardback
Released: 2012 / Delivery time: 3-5 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
Focuses on the aftermath of the world-shattering Mongolian invasion of 1241 and the difficult paths undertaken by its resilient survivors.
English; Hardback
Released: 2012 / Delivery time: at least 4 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
After the Mongolian invasion of Europe in 1241, the warrior monks known as the Shield Brethren search for a way to overthrow the invaders as Father Rodrigo, thinking he has received a divine prophecy, takes up arms in the name of his Lord.
Four times number one New York Times bestseller Neal Stephenson returns with a brilliant and compelling thriller cast in the mould of his cult classic Cryptonomicon. Reamde promises to be his most successful and commercial novel to date.
English; Hardback
Released: September 2011 / Delivery time: 3-5 weeks (title will be specially ordered)
The Metaverse is cyberspace home to avatars and software daemons, where anything and just about everything goes. Newly available on the Street - the Metaverse's main drag - is Snow Crash, a cyberdrug. Trouble is Snow Crash is also a computer virus - and something more. [...]