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With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epochmaking masterpiece, neal stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men. Prices for editions of cryptonomicon, by neal stephenson. Stephenson was nominated for the locus award, in the best science fiction novel category, in virtue of his 2003 book quicksilver. Neal stephenson speaks to the connection between mathematics and music in his newest novel anathem, discussing how the music was. Neal stephenson is the author of reamde, anathem, and the threevolume historical epic the baroque cycle quicksilver, the confusion, and the system of the world, as well as cryptonomicon, the.
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