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Neal Stephenson's new novel Anathem hits bookstores early next month, and stoking the fires of our anticipation is a meaty article about Stephenson in this month's Wired magazine. Writer Steven "Hackers" Levy profiles the author, who apparently divides his time between writing longhand in his basement, and consulting with Nathan Myhrvold's company Intellectual Ventures, a prototyping think tank and patent farm. It makes sense that the author of a novel about science monks from another planet is both monkish and technical in his personal life. One of the interesting observations that Stephenson makes in the article is that Anathem is in some ways a commentary on the war between religion and science in the United States under George W. Bush. More »
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