Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson
Stephenson na potpisivanju knjiga
Osnovni podaci
Rođenje	31. oktobar 1959. (1959-10-31) (starost 53) Fort Meade, Maryland
Pseudonim	Stephen Bury
Zanimanje	romansijer, novelist, esejist
Nacionalnost	američko
Djelo
Žanrovi	Science fiction, eseji
Književni pokret	Cyberpunk, Postcyberpunk
Uticaj od Bruce Sterling, William Gibson
Uticaj na Charles Stross
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Neal Town Stephenson (31.10. 1959.-) je američki pisac, najpoznatiji po naučno-fantastičnim djelima koja pripadaju postcyberpunk podžanru, a koja istražuju probleme vezane uz društvo, matematiku, valute i historiju nauke. Također piše članke na temu tehnologije za časopise kao Wired Magazine, te je povremeno radio kao savjetnik Blue Origina, kompanije (koju je osnovao Jeff Bezos) a koja nastoji ostvariti sub-orbitalni sistem lansiranja.

Bibliografija [uredi - уреди]

Beletristika:

The Big U (1984)
Zodiac (1988)
Snow Crash (1992)
Interface (1994) kao Stephen Bury, ko-autor J. Frederick George
priča: "Spew" (1994)
priča: "The Great Simoleon Caper" (1995)
The Diamond Age: or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (1995) pobjednik nagrade Hugo za najbolji roman. Nominiran za nagradu Nebula za najbolji roman
The Cobweb (1996) kao Stephen Bury, ko-autor J. Frederick George
Priča: "Jipi and the Paranoid Chip" (1997)
Cryptonomicon (1999) nominiran za nagrade Hugo za najbolji roman
Quicksilver (2003), prvi tom The Baroque Cyclea
The Confusion (2004), drugi tom The Baroque Cyclea
The System of the World (2004), treći tom The Baroque Cyclea i pobjednik Nagrade Prometheus za 2005. godinu

Publicistika:

"Communication Prosthetics: Threat, or Menace?". Whole Earth Catalog, Summer 1991.
"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 0-380-81593-1. (Homepage)
"Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out". Op-Ed piece on Star Wars, in New York Times, June 17, 2005.
"It's All Geek To Me". New York Times, March 18, 2007.