Literature & Links

By Neal Stephenson

Novels

• The Big U (1984)
• Zodiac (1988)
• Snow Crash (1991, winner of the Imaginaire Award 1997)
• Interface (1994, together with his uncle George Jewsbury (aka J. Frederick George) also under the pseudonym Stephen Bury)
• The Diamond Age (1995, winner of the HugoAward for the best novel 1996, winner of the Locus Poll Award for the best SF novel 1996, winner of the SF Chronicle Award for the best novel 1996)
• The Cobweb (1996, together with his uncle George Jewsbury (aka J. Frederick George) also under the pseudonym Stephen Bury)
• Crytonomicon (1999, winner of the Locus Poll Award for the best SF novel 2000)
• The Baroque Cycle
  • Quicksilver (2003)
  • The Confusion (2004)
  • The System of the World (2004)
• Anathem (2008)

Short Stories

• Spew (1994), first published in 'Wired' (October 1994, Volume 2, No. 10)
  (Available online: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.10/spew.html)
• The Great Simoleon Caper (1995), first published in 'TIME' (domestic special issue: Spring 1995 Volume 145, No. 12)
• Jipi and the paranoid chip (1997), first published in 'Forbes' (July 7th, 1997)
  (Available online: http://www.vanemden.com/books/neals/jipi.html)

Non-Fiction

• Smiley's People (1993), first published in 'The New Republic' (September 13th, 1993)
  (Available online: http://www.spesh.com/lee/ns/smiley.html)
• In the Kingdom of Mao Bell (1994), first published in 'Wired' (February 1994, Volume 2, No. 2)
  (Available online: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/2.02/mao.bell.html)
• Global Neighbourhood Watch (1995), first published in 'HotWired' http://www.wired.com/wired/scenarios/global.html, also in 'Wired UK' (December 1995, Volume 1, No. 8)
• Mother Earth Mother Board (1996), first published in 'Wired' (December 1996, Volume 4, No. 12)
  (Available online: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/4.12/ffglass.html)
• In the Beginning was the Command Line (1999), first published at http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html, also published as hardcover (1999) and paperback (1999) books
• Communication Prosthetics: Threat, or Menace? Whole Earth Review (2001), (Available online: http://www.wholeearth.com/issue/2105/article/108/communication.prosthetics.threat.or.menace)
• Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out (2005), http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/17/opinion/17stephenson.html (New York Times, 17.07.2005)
• It's All Geek To Me (2007) http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/18/opinion/18stephenson.html (New York Times, 18.03.2007).

Websites

• Neal Stephenson's old now defunct website http://www.well.com/user/neal/
• Neal Stephenson's current website http://web.mac.com/nealstephenson/Neal_Stephensons_Site/Home.html
• Neal Stephenson's other website http://www.nealstephenson.com
• Neal Stephenson's Metaweb, using the engine of Wikipedia, being a little more than just a FAQ about Quicksilver http://www.metaweb.com/wiki/wiki.phtml (most unfortunately offline, but preserved by archive.org)

About Neal Stephenson

• en.Wikipedia — Neal Stephenson http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Stephenson
• de.Wikipedia — Neal Stephenson http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neal_Stephenson
• Random House/Bertelsmann about Neal Stephenson http://www.randomhouse.de/author/author.jsp?per=3377
• A wiki dedicated to Neal Stephenson's novel anathem, alike the Metaweb, when it was still around. http://anathem.wikia.com/wiki/Anathem_Wiki

Books

• Lewis, Jon. Tomorrow through the Past: Neal Stephenson and the Project of Global Modernization. Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2006). ISBN: 1847180612

Interviews

• Godwin, Mike. Interview with Neal Stephenson. In: reasononline (12.02.2005) http://www.reason.com/0502/fe.mg.neal.shtml
• Neal Stephenson Responds With Wit and Humor. In: Slashdot (20.10.2004) http://interviews.slashdot.org/interviews/04/10/20/1518217.shtml
• Baecker, Angie. Online Exclusive: Neal Stephenson — Complete Interview. In: 'The Daily online Californian' (30.09.2004) http://www.dailycal.org/article.php?id=16310
• Neal Stephenson: The Past Through Tomorrow. In: 'Locus Magazine' (September 2004) http://www.locusmag.com/2004/Issues/08Stephenson.html
• Miller, Laura. Neal Stephenson. In: 'Salon.com Books' (21.04.2004) http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/04/21/stephenson/index_np.html
• Levine, Robert. Neal Stephenson Rewrites History. In: 'Wired' (September 2003, Vol. 11, No. 9) http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/history.html
• McClellan, Jim. Neal Stephenson's message in code. After Snow Crash's cyberpunk, it's cypherpunk. In: 'Guardian Unlimited'
  (14.10.1999) http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,256309,00.html
• Asaro, Catherine. A Conversation With Neal Stephenson. In: 'The SF Site' (September 1999) http://www.sfsite.com/10b/ns67.htm
• Leonard, Andrew. Deep Code Interview. In: 'Salon.com Books' (19.05.1999) http://www.salon.com/books/int/1999/05/19/stephenson/
• Neal Stephenson decodes Cryptonomicon. In: 'Amazon.com' (n.a.) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ts/feature/11674/102-0898814-3800918
• Club Wired Neal Stephenson. In: 'HotWired' (17.12.1996) http://hotwired.wired.com/talk/talk/club/special/transcripts/96-12-17-stephenson.html
• Diamond Geezer / SFX Profile: Neal Stephenson "The new William Gibson". In: 'SFX magazine' (January 1996, No. 8) http://www.spesh.com/lee/ns/sfx.html
• Club Wired Neal Stephenson Transcript. In: 'HotWired' (19.01.1995) http://hotwired.wired.com/talk/club/special/transcripts/95-01-19.stephenson.html

Essays & Reviews

• Becht, Stefan. Die Grundlagen des (Betriebs-)Systems. In: 'Telepolis' (17.06.2006) http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/22/22770/1.html
• Neuhaus, Wolfgang. Der durchgedrehte Campus. Der Roman "Big U" von Neal Stephenson aus dem Jahr 1984 in deutscher Erstübersetzung.
  In: 'Telepolis' (03.04.2005) http://www.heise.de/tp/r4/artikel/19/19711/1.html
• Elkins, Eric S. "System" breaks down in final book of "Baroque Cycle" epic. In: 'The Denver Post' (24.10.2004) http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~28~2483602,00.html
  currently offline
• Burns, John. Fall Books Preview – Neal Stephenson. In: 'Straight.com' (14.10.2004) http://www.straight.com/content.cfm?id=5651
• Jewell, Stephen. Neal Stephenson: The System of the World. In: 'The New Zealand Herald' (n.a.) http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=3608299
• Larsen, David. Neal Stephenson: The Confusion. In: 'The New Zealand Herald' (n.a.) http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=3567620
• Jewell, Stephen. Neal Stephenson: Quicksilver. In: 'The New Zealand Herald' (n.a.) http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?ObjectID=3533448
• timothy. The System of the World. In: 'Slashdot.org' (20.09.2004) http://books.slashdot.org/books/04/09/20/177245.shtml?tid=214
• Berry, Michael. Waiting for the end of their worlds. In: 'SFGate.com' (26.09.2004) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/chronicle/a/2004/09/26/RVGR98QA141.DTL
• Leonard, Andrew. The summit of Mount Stephenson. 'Salon.com Books' (22.09.2004) http://www.salon.com/tech/books/2004/09/22/system/index_np.html
• Wolk, Douglas. Fig Newton. In: 'The Village Voice' (20.09.2004) http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0438/wolk.php
• Becht, Stephan. Die "Science Fiction" der Vergangenheit. In: 'Telepolis' (18.07.2004) http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/buch/17836/1.html
• Banker, Sebastian The Big U, by Neal Stephenson. In: Sebbo.org (12.03.2004) http://www.sebbo.org/reviews/bigu.writeback
• Becht, Stephan. Barockes Quecksilber. In: 'Telepolis' (14.09.2003) http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/buch/15612/1.html
• Becht, Stephan. Es wird wieder "barockt". In: 'Evolver.at' (n.a.) http://www.evolver.at/?story=948
• The Confusion, The Baroque Cycle Volume II. In: 'About.com' (n.a.) http://contemporarylit.about.com/cs/currentreviews/fr/theConfusion.htm
• Johnston, John. Distributed Information: Complexity Theory in the Novels of Neal Stephenson and Linda Nagata. In: 'Science
  Fiction Studies' (2001, Vol. 28) pp. 223- 245. ISSN: 0091-7729
• Hummel, Volker. The Course of the Empire Takes its Way. In: 'Telepolis' (08.12.1999) http://www.heise.de/tp/deutsch/inhalt/buch/5569/1.html
• Neal Stephenson (Cryptonomicon und Snowcrash). In: 'Raven's Reviews' (07.10.1999) http://tatooine.fortunecity.com/leguin/405/ko/neils.html
• Brigg, P. The future as the Past Viewed from the Present: Neal Stephenson. In: 'Extrapolation' (1999, Vol. 40, No. 2) pp.
  116- ISSN: 0014-5483
• Godwin, M. Code War: Cryptonomicon, by Neal Stephenson. In: 'Reason' (1999, Vol. 32, No. 4) pp. 65- ISSN: 0048-6906
• Garner, D. Cryptonomicon. By Neal Stephenson. In: 'New York Times Book Review' (1999, Vol. 104, No. 21) pp. 11 – ISSN: 0028-7806
• Neal Stephenson — Cryptonomicon — Perlentaucher.de. Buchkritiken verschiedener deutschsprachiger Tageszeitungen zu Neal Stephensons
  Roman Cryptonomicon und einige ergänzende Informationen. In: Perlentauer.de (n.a.) http://www.perlentaucher.de/buch/7451.html
• Neal Stephenson – Cryptonomicon. In: 'Datenschleuder' ([00. Fnord 0000]) http://ds.ccc.de/068/cryptonomicon
• Hemos. The Big U. (07.10.1999) http://slashdot.org/books/99/10/02/1228218.shtml
• neeri@iis.ee.ethz.ch. Neal Stephenson: Snow Crash. (20.09.1995) http://www.iis.ee.ethz.ch/~neeri/reviews/stephenson_crash.html