Neal Stephenson, Greg Bear, Mark Teppo, E.D. deBirmingham, Erik Bear, Joseph Brassey, Cooper Moo. Amazon/47 North, $14.95 trade paper (450p) ISBN 978-1-61218-236-0 Stephenson (Snow Crash) and Bear ...

Yesterday I picked up the latest Neal Stephenson novel, Reamde, and was—as I typically am every time I pick up a Stephenson book—floored by its immensity. The 1000 plus pages in my hand made me think ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

This may, possibly, be one future of the novel: as an app. And who better to push the limits of writing than Neal Stephenson, an author whose novels have already explored weird and unusual corners of ...

Neal Stephenson's breakout hit, Snow Crash, envisioned a world of virtual reality—in 1992. The Diamond Age foresaw the future of nanotechnology in 1995. The more recent Reamde took the reader on a ...

Surely Medieval knights would be appalled by the swordplay displayed in modern video games. Warriors hack blindly. Swords miraculously catch fire. Characters swing in wild circles like the Tasmanian ...

Science-fiction author Neal Stephenson, shown here at a 2018 Town Hall event in Bellevue, Wash., uses Seattle as a setting in his latest novel, “Fall; or, Dodge in Hell.” (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) ...

Neal Stephenson has outdone himself, and that’s saying something. Seattle novelist Stephenson has published speculative fiction in the alternative present or near future (“Snow Crash” among others), ...

Neal Stephenson is amazing at beginnings and not so hot at endings, and his new novel, “Seveneves,” has a marvelous opening sentence: “The moon blew up without warning and for no apparent reason.” The ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by John Cook on Jun 12, 2012 at 7:57 am ...