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《Anathem》by Neal Stephenson

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Neal Stephenson

Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer, known for his speculative fiction works, which have been variously categorized science fiction, historical fiction, maximalism, cyberpunk, and postcyberpunk. He has also written under the pseudonym of Stephen Bury.

Stephenson explores areas such as mathematics, cryptography, philosophy, currency, and the history of science. He also writes non-fiction articles about technology in publications such as Wired Magazine, and has worked part-time as an advisor for Blue Origin, a company (funded by Jeff Bezos) developing a manned sub-orbital launch system.

“Anathem”

新作《Anathem》,属于太空歌剧类型。从目录上简介我们可以一窥其主要内容:
从童年开始,Raz就生活在一座有3400年历史的修道院的围墙之后,一个科学家、哲学家和数学家的避难所——远离无知、无理性和无法无天的saecular世界,那个世界一直处于繁荣和毁灭、世界大战和气候巨变的循环往复中。直到有一天,更高级的力量、恐惧的驱使,只有这些生活在修道院的学者才有能力转移这一次迫在眉睫的大灾难。一个接一个,Raz和他的军团召集起来朝着无法预知的世界前进。

Anathem is set on the planet Arbre. Thousands of years prior to the events in the novel, society was on the verge of collapse. Intellectuals entered concents, much like monastic communities but without the religious elements. Here, the avout—a term for intellectuals, fraa for monk and suur for nun—are given limited access to tools and technology and are watched over by officials answering to the outside world (known as the Sæcular Power). The concents are therefore slow to change, unlike the rest of Arbre, which goes through many cycles of booms and busts.

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