• FICTION

    QUICKSILVER

    OCT. 1, 2003

FICTION

QUICKSILVER

by Neal Stephenson

An incorrigible showoff, Stephenson doesn’t know when to stop, but that’s a trifle compared to his awe-inspiring ambition... Full review >

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    THE CONFUSION

    APRIL 13, 2004

FICTION

THE CONFUSION

by Neal Stephenson

Packed with more derring-do than a dozen pirate films and with smarter, sparklier dialogue than a handful of Pulitzer... Full review >

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    THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD

    OCT. 1, 2004

FICTION

THE SYSTEM OF THE WORLD

by Neal Stephenson

Learned, violent, sarcastic, and profound: a glorious finish to one of the most ambitious epics of recent years. Full review >

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    ANATHEM

    SEPT. 9, 2008

SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

ANATHEM

by Neal Stephenson

Light on adventure, but a logophilic treat for those who like their alternate worlds big, parodic and ironic. Full review >

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  • FICTION

    SNOW CRASH

    MAY 15, 1992

SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

SNOW CRASH

by Neal Stephenson

The flashy, snappy delivery fails to compensate for the uninhabited blandness of the characters. And despite the many clever... Full review >

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    CRYPTONOMICON

    MAY 4, 1999

THRILLER & SUSPENSE

CRYPTONOMICON

by Neal Stephenson

Detail-packed, uninhibitedly discursive, with dollops of heavy-handed humor, and set forth in the author’s usual... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    REAMDE

    SEPT. 20, 2011

SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY

REAMDE

by Neal Stephenson

Who’ll prevail? We don’t know till the very end, thanks to Stephenson’s knife-sharp skills as a storyteller. An intriguing... Full review >

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  • FICTION

    THE DIAMOND AGE

    JAN. 16, 1995

FICTION

THE DIAMOND AGE

by Neal Stephenson

All of this is staggeringly inventive and meticulously detailed, but, lacking a coherent plot and set forth in an... Full review >

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