Waiting for the train Reading Zodiac, by Neal Stephenson. Next up, Spook Country and Pattern Recognition, by William Gibson. A favorite book -- Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson. If he were to write his own book, it'd be about when he was eighteen and first moved to San Francisco from the suburbs. He worked at a bakery and went to a lot of parties and raves. The friends he partied with were from...

In The Telegraph Tim Martin profiles Neal Stephenson: Self-defence with a parasol and turning a bicycle into a weapon.

Neal Stephenson's ANATHEM is now on sale in paperback! Clickhere to browse inside and check it out!

Down to only five current contests and one ending later today and we just can’t allow that to happen! Today I have for you one of the books I’m currently reading, Neal Stephenson’s Anathem. Stephenson is NY Times Best Selling author of the wonderful and monumental Baroque Cycle (all three novels won one of the major genre awards) as well as books like Snow Crash, Diamond Age and ...

I’m reading this now and I just love how Stephenson demands - doesn’t ask - for a reader’s complete attention. So why not share the goodness? Over at BookSpot Central I have 5 copies of Anathem, the latest from Stephenson! Synopsis: Anathem, the latest invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and

I’ve got a copy of Neal Stephenson’s Anathem to give away.  It’s a twice read softcover advance reading copy, and it includes a CD of music commissioned to accompany the book.  I passed it along once, as part of my Share the Love (TM) program.  It reappeared on my desk, so now I get to

A mixture of review copies and purchases this time (with a few more packages scheduled to arrive before Christmas). Some of these might be of great interest to readers: Top: Neal Stephenson, Anathem (I wanted a short, quick read); George R.R. Martin (ed.), Wild Cards: Busted Flush (review copy that follows up on several characters from Inside Straight); Kristin Cashore, Graceling (liking it so far...

       The longlist for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award is now available: 156 authors from 46 countries, with 41 books originally written in 17 languages other than English (a decent percentage).        Among the finalists are a good number (eighteen) under review at the complete review: Anathem by Neal Stephenson ...

There's an excellent video interview with Neal Asher over at the Sci-Fi London site. He talks about quite a few things and the 30 minutes go pretty quickly. Neal is definitely a great author and his books are proudly displayed on my shelf - I just need to get around to finishing all of them! I'm going to be starting on Shadow of the Scorpion soon, so keep your eyes peeled in the new year...

To celebrate the paperback publication of a The Gabble and other stories Neal Asher was kind enough to answer some questions on Gabbleducks, short stories and SF, amongst other things. Neal Asher has this year has fast become one of my favourite writers. He’s an wonderfully talented science fiction writer who regularly amazes me. I’m not