England, 1714. London has long been home to a secret war between the brilliant, enigmatic Master of the Mint and closet alchemist, Isaac Newton, and his archnemesis, the insidious counterfeiter Jack the Coiner. Hostilities are suddenly...

Cryptonomicon (Goldmann Manhattan)

THE EARTH WAS A TICKING TIME BOMB.To ensure the survival they had to look beyond its atmosphere.So they became pioneers.Five thousand years later and their progeny form seven distinct races and they must journey to an alien: Earth von...

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years. What would happen...

The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with a visionary technothriller about climate change 'Stephenson's reputation as a sci-fi titan is deserved' Sunday Times 'His most visionary, and timely, book yet' Chicago Review of Books...

"Snow Crash" von Neal Stephenson ist ein Science-Fiction-Roman, der in einer dystopischen Zukunft spielt, in der die USA in zahlreiche autonome Stadtstaaten zerfallen sind. Die Handlung folgt Hiro Protagonist, einem Hacker und...

Neal Stephenson is the author of the three-volume historical epic 'The Baroque Cycle' (Quicksilver, The Confusion and The System of the World) as well as the novels Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age (winner of a Hugo Award), Snow Crash,...

New York Times BestsellerFrom Neal Stephenson?who coined the term ?metaverse? in his 1992 novel Snow Crash?comes a sweeping, prescient new thriller that transports readers to a near-future world in which the greenhouse effect has...

"The Diamond Age: Or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer" von Neal Stephenson ist ein Science-Fiction-Roman, der in einer Zukunft spielt, in der Nanotechnologie allgegenwärtig ist. Die Geschichte folgt Nell, einem jungen Mädchen aus...

With this extraordinary first volume in what promises to be an epoch-making masterpiece, Neal Stephenson hacks into the secret histories of nations and the private obsessions of men, decrypting with dazzling virtuosity the forces that...

In the year 1689, a cabal of Barbary galley slaves -- including one Jack Shaftoe, aka King of the Vagabonds, aka Half-Cocked Jack -- devises a daring plan to win freedom and fortune. A great adventure ensues -- a perilous race for an...

For ten years Fraa Erasmas, a young avout, has lived in a cloistered sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside world. But before the week is out, both the...