Publishers of Anathem by Neal Stephenson--the Hugo-Award-winning SF author of Cryptonomicon and Snow Crash, among other novels--have posted a preview video for the Anathem book, which hits store shelves on Sept. 9.
Earlier, Stephenson spoke with SCI FI Wire about Anathem, which takes place in a future in which all of the literate, rational people have been rounded up and herded into a system of monasteries.
The World of Anathem
Anathem Video Goes Live
September 4, 2008 12:00 AM
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