Neal Stephenson

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Neal Stephenson came to prominence in 1992 with his novel Snow Crash, a dazzling fusion of high-tech themes and Sumerian mythology. His subsequent novels in the postcyberpunk genre include The Diamond Age; or a Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer, Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle, a three-volume work consisting of Quicksilver, The Confusion and the just-published The System of the World. Stephenson also writes non-fiction articles about technology in publications such as Wired magazine.