You might be wondering why you are here at fautrever.com when you tried to go to NealFanPage.com.
I decided that one less blog would be good for me, plus there just wasn’t enough content to put up on just Neal and his work (great as it is!).
So, all my old posts (and the one that Aaron [...]
Jipi and the Paranoid Chip is a great story: this site lists the excerpt as it appeared in Forbes, July 7, 1997. If you haven’t read it, go now!
Go to :: Neal Stephenson :: to see photos of the the entire Baroque Cycle manuscript—it’s pretty amazing! A huge stack…no, a couple huge stacks of paper.
Crazy.
Also, check out the photos of handwritten manuscripts and the three Deluxe Limited Editions (very nice!).
Excessive Candour, an online book review by John Clute. He takes a look at Neal’s Quicksilver.
I like this idea: “A promise of more cunning things to come.”
Link: Excessive Candour
Todd Garrison takes a crack at solving the cryptographic puzzle he encountered at the Baroque Cycle Web site…
A worthwhile read; I just can’t believe I didn’t see this until now. Thanks del.icio.us!!!!
Cracking the Code: The Baroque Cycle Mystery.
“The World’s Largest e-Book store”, eReader.com put up an excerpt from Snow Crash.
Link: eReader.com: Excerpt from Snow Crash.
Security guru Bruce Schneier explains and expands on his Solitaire Algorithm featured in Neal Stephenson’s Cryptonomicon.
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Jason Kottke raves about Snow Crash and it’s ability to hide truth in the fiction.
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Great article in the New York Times by Neal Stephenson on Episode III of the Star Wars movies. Visit site.
Via delicious I found a new posting of the original “In the Beginning was the Command Line” on Spack.org’s Wiki. It is a lot easier to read than the original, thanks to Adam Shand.
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