Neal Stephenson ... arts in a book that is also about abstract topics like the limits of consciousness and science. Main character Raz is a very young monk (called a “fraa” in Stephenson ...

Paul Di Filippo is the author of the Steampunk Trilogy, “The Deadly Kiss-Off” and “The Summer Thieves,” among other books. Neal Stephenson’s enthralling new novel, “Polostan ...

Neal Stephenson can be credited for ... steps to intervene in climate change in order to ensure human survival. Let’s hope that this book does is not as prophetic as some of the others.