Stephenson, Neal

Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson ( Book )
62 editions published between 1999 and 2009 in 9 languages and held by 2,185 libraries worldwide
An American computer hacker operating in Southeast Asia attempts to break a World War II cypher to find the location of a missing shipment of gold. The gold was stolen by the Japanese during the war. By the author of The Diamond Age.

Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson ( Book )
42 editions published between 1984 and 2010 in 3 languages and held by 2,053 libraries worldwide
The exploits of an alchemy-rejecting scientist, a vagabond leader, and a former Turkish harem prisoner intersect in the world of the American colonies, the Tower of London, and the courts of Louis XIV.

Anathem by Neal Stephenson ( Book )
27 editions published between 2008 and 2010 in 5 languages and held by 2,016 libraries worldwide
Raz, a mathematician, is among a cohort of secluded scientists and philosophers who are called upon to save the world from impending catastrophe.

Snow crash by Neal Stephenson ( Book )
59 editions published between 1992 and 2010 in 13 languages and held by 1,967 libraries worldwide
Only once in a great while does a writer come along who defies comparison -- a writer so original he redefines the way we look at the world. Neal Stephenson is such a writer and Snow Crash is such a novel, weaving virtual reality, Sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cyber-sensibility to bring us the gigantic thriller of the information age. In reality, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizza for Uncle Enzo's Cosa Nostra Inc., but it the Metaverse he's a warrior prince. Plunging headlong into the enigma of a new computer virus that's striking down hackers everywhere, he races along the neon-lit streets on a search-and-destroy mission for the shadowy virtual villain threatening to bring about infocalypse. Snow Crash is a mind-altering romp through a future America so bizarre, so outrageous... you'll recognize it immediately.

The confusion by Neal Stephenson ( Book )
31 editions published between 2004 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 1,741 libraries worldwide
Eliza, Countess de la Zeur, master of markets, pawn and confident of enemy kings, one-time Turkish harem girl, is stripped of her immense personal fortune by France's most dashing privateer.

The system of the world by Neal Stephenson ( Book )
16 editions published between 2004 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,655 libraries worldwide
In the wake of a power struggle between the throne-seeking Tories and Whigs in early eighteenth-century England, Daniel Waterhouse teams up with Isaac Newton to hunt down a shadowy group that uses time bombs to kill Natural Philosophers.

The diamond age, or, Young lady's illustrated primer by Neal Stephenson ( Book )
8 editions published between 1995 and 2005 in 3 languages and held by 1,001 libraries worldwide
The story of an interactive book, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, written by John Hackworth, a nano engineer. It helps a girl become a princess and educates an army of girls who eventually save his life. The setting is a world where molecular machines create any object desired and where nations have been replaced by cultural enclaves, in this case the neo-Victorians of coastal China. Part-science fiction, part-political thriller.

The diamond age by Neal Stephenson ( Book )
41 editions published between 1995 and 2011 in 4 languages and held by 873 libraries worldwide
The story of an interactive book, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer, written by John Hackworth, a nano engineer. It helps a girl become a princess and educates an army of girls who eventually save his life. The setting is a world where molecular machines create any object desired and where nations have been replaced by cultural enclaves, in this case the neo-Victorians of coastal China. Part-science fiction, part-political thriller.

Zodiac : the eco-thriller by Neal Stephenson ( Book )
12 editions published between 1988 and 2010 in English and held by 552 libraries worldwide
Sangamon Taylor, an environmental extremist, sets out to discover the source of dangerously high levels of radiation in the Boston Harbor, teams up with some unlikely types, and battles corruption all the way to the level of a would-be president.

In the beginning ...was the command line by Neal Stephenson ( Book )
10 editions published between 1999 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 467 libraries worldwide
Historical commentary on the development of computer operating systems, with a focus on the Open Source movement.