Wetabix are just about edible using #NeilStephenson’s cereal principle (the ice-cold milk injector spoon theorised about in the #Cryptonomicon) but then only just.

@bascule didn't #NeilStephenson publish #Zodiac quite a long while ago? It tells you how to perform various acts of #EcoTerrorism and does it with a great storyline as well!
#Bookstodon

An old interview with Neal Stephenson, when he'd finished his Baroque Cycle:

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2004/nov/04/onlinesupplement

#NeilStephenson
#BaroqueCycle
#History
#SF

I guess it was inevitable... A startup that claims to be putting sulfur into the stratosphere as #geoengineering to mitigate climate change. Oversight is minimal at best.

If this reminds you of the plot of Neal Stephenson's recent novel Termination Shock, apparently that's not an accident.

https://gizmodo.com/make-sunsets-solar-geoengineering-sulfur-climate-change-1849931460

#ClimateChange #NeilStephenson #TerminationShock

Erasmus: I always tend to assume there’s an infinite amount of money out there. 
Archibald: There might as well be, but most of it gets spent on pornography, sugarwater, and bombs. There’s only so much that can be scraped together for particle accelerators.
#neilstephenson #scifi #anathem #solarpunk #economics #publicpolicy

Erasmus: I always tend to assume there’s an infinite amount of money out there.
Archibald: There might as well be, but most of it gets spent on pornography, sugar, water, and bombs. There’s only so much that can be scraped together for particle accelerators.
#neilstephenson #scifi #anathem #solarpunk #economics #publicpolicy

@ct_bergstrom
I'm reminded of a bit of back story in #NeilStephenson 's #anathem where he used the term #ArtificalInanityCrisis to describe an internet overrun with bullshit creators. I propose we adopt #ArtificalInanity as a more accurate meaning of #AI

'Metaverse’ a top 3 contender for Oxford’s Word of the Year - Oxford University has opened public voting for the first time wit... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/metaverse-a-top-3-contender-for-oxford-s-word-of-the-year #oxforduniversitypress #oxforduniversity #neilstephenson #virtualreality #markzuckerberg #dictionary #susiedent #mckinsey #facebook #citi #meta

@tes There is nothing, which could ever take away the term #metaverse from Neil Stephenson and his 1992 #cyberpunk classic Snow Crash.
Especially not some #Harvard #brat.

#snowcrash #neilstephenson

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_Crash

Ode to the Infodump

When I think of infodumping, the practice of including far too much backstory or explanation in fiction (or nonfiction!) writing, there is one man who stands above the rest: the science fiction author Neal Stephenson.

Stephenson is famous for his infodumps, including his long, long lists, which transcend the winking comedic effect most writers use them for

http://lunastationquarterly.com/ode-to-the-infodump/

#FantasyandScienceFiction #infodump #neilstephenson