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Polostan, my new novel, is coming out October 15. It’s the first book in a new series I’m calling Bomb Light. More info to come as we get closer, but for now: harpercollins.com/products/polos… @WmMorrowBooks
Neal Stephenson
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Neal Stephenson
@nealstephenson
Author of Snow Crash, Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon, Baroque Cycle, et al. Coming October 2024: Polostan.
- Since there seems to be growing confusion on this: I have nothing to do with anything that FB is up to involving the Metaverse, other than the obvious fact that they're using a term I coined in Snow Crash. There has been zero communication between me and FB & no biz relationship.
- This is the 30th anniversary of the publication of Snow Crash. If you figure in the time I spent writing it, it's been half my life. It's been a wild ride, especially during the last year 😉
- Today in “you can’t make this stuff up,” Meta has suspended my Facebook account because they suspect me of impersonating someone noteworthy
- The assumption that the Metaverse is primarily an AR/VR thing isn't crazy. In my book it's all VR. And I worked for an AR company--one of several that are putting billions of dollars into building headsets. But...
- Rebel Alliance needs a strategy other than absorbing massive losses.
- My new novel, FALL, OR DODGE IN HELL, goes on sale in June 2019 in the USA. Info on tour & signed copies to follow. In the meantime, here’s the link to pre-order and learn more. harpercollins.com/9780062458711/…
- "Amalgamated Coal, the world's largest producer of fossil fuels, is no longer Amalgamated Coal. It is now Marfreshca!, which operates organic lemonade stands on the surface of Mars."
- Here's me testing the open source #icelandverse headset a few years ago. A simulation of the gap between the Eurasian and N. American tectonic plates. So realistic it gave me hypothermia. The most convincing XR experience I've had. Didn't have to surrender any of my personal data
- The hardcover edition for FALL; OR, DODGE IN HELL goes on sale June 4th. Look how handsome it is! #nealstephenson
00:00 - A peek at the new deluxe hardcover edition of SNOW CRASH, dropping on Nov. 22 to mark the 30th anniversary. Preorder wherever you buy books! @randomhouse @DelReyBooks
- On November 16th, TERMINATION SHOCK goes on sale. It’s a technothriller about climate change, set in a near-future world where the greenhouse effect has resulted in a troposphere of superstorms. Hop on this wild ride. Available for pre-order now. harpercollins.com/products/termi…
- Replying to @nealstephensonWe fluently navigate and interact with extremely rich 3D environments using keyboards that were designed for mechanical typewriters. It's steampunk made real. A Metaverse that left behind those users and the devs who build those experiences would be getting off on the wrong foot
