Critics sometimes gripe that Neal Stephenson's sprawling, discursive, episodic, prop-up-your-laptop-sized novels may be smart, but they need focus and paring back. Too many of his novels have ...

Your browser does not support the video element. It's no spoiler to say that in Neal Stephenson's 2015 novel "Seveneves," the moon is destroyed. That's because the ...

A digital content platform inspired by Seattle science-fiction author Neal Stephenson’s vision of the metaverse is collaborating with Weta Workshop, the special-effects company best known for ...

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 ...

Neal Stephenson’s enthralling new novel, “Polostan,” drops readers into a bloody, inspiring, conflict-ridden and pivotal period of the early 20th century. With its flair for characterization ...

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Neal Stephenson has seen the future—and he doesn’t like it. Today’s science fiction, he argues, is fixated on nihilism and apocalyptic scenarios—think recent films such as The Road and TV ...

characters the only meaningful existence they have. One of these characters that has nothing going for him in reality is Hiro protagonist. Hiro lives in a 20' by 30' storage unit at U-Stor-It with his ...

Lamina1 was founded by “Snow Crash” author Neal Stephenson and launched in 2022 as a Layer 1 blockchain platform designed to give creators an environment to protect, control, and monetize ...

As a company, Infinite Reality provides “metaverse” services, a term coined by “Snow Crash” author Neal Stephenson that refers to 3D immersive, interactive digital worlds and environments ...

Your browser does not support the video element. The moon is no small object, something that the solar eclipse of August 21 illustrates in stunning detail. And though ...

Neal Stephenson talks about Snow Crash's delayed Hollywood adaptation, and why he finally decided to develop a real-world metaverse of his own with Lamina1. History suggests Apple won’t call its ...