Neal Stephenson

Neal Town Stephenson (31.10. 1959.-) je američki pisac, najpoznatiji po naučno-fantastičnim djelima koja pripadaju postcyberpunk podžanru, a koja istražuju probleme vezane uz društvo, matematiku, valute i historiju nauke. Također piše članke na temu tehnologije za časopise kao Wired Magazine, te je povremeno radio kao savjetnik Blue Origina, kompanije (koju je osnovao Jeff Bezos) a koja nastoji ostvariti sub-orbitalni sistem lansiranja.

Neal Stephenson
Stephenson na potpisivanju knjiga
Biografske informacije
Rođenje	31. oktobra 1959. (1959-10-31) (dob: 65) Fort Meade, Maryland
Pseudonim	Stephen Bury
Nacionalnost	američko
Obrazovanje
Zanimanje	romansijer, novelist, esejist
Opus
Književni pravac	Cyberpunk, Postcyberpunk
Književne vrste	Science fiction, eseji
Inspiracija
Od Bruce Sterling, William Gibson
Na Charles Stross
Web-stranica
nealstephenson.com

Bibliografija

Beletristika:

• The Big U (1984)
• Zodiac (1988)
• Snow Crash (1992)
• Interface (1994) kao Stephen Bury, ko-autor J. Frederick George
• priča: "Spew" (1994)
• priča: "The Great Simoleon Caper" (1995)
• The Diamond Age: or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (1995) pobjednik nagrade Hugo za najbolji roman. Nominiran za nagradu Nebula za najbolji roman
• The Cobweb (1996) kao Stephen Bury, ko-autor J. Frederick George
• Priča: "Jipi and the Paranoid Chip" (1997)
• Cryptonomicon (1999) nominiran za nagrade Hugo za najbolji roman
• Quicksilver (2003), prvi tom The Baroque Cyclea
• The Confusion (2004), drugi tom The Baroque Cyclea
• The System of the World (2004), treći tom The Baroque Cyclea i pobjednik Nagrade Prometheus za 2005. godinu

Publicistika:

• "Communication Prosthetics: Threat, or Menace? Arhivirano 2006-11-11 na Wayback Machine-u". Whole Earth Catalog, Summer 1991.
• "Smiley's people". 1993.
• "In the Kingdom of Mao Bell". 1994. A billion Chinese are using new technology to create the fastest growing economy on the planet. But while the information wants to be free, do they?
• "Mother Earth Mother Board". 1996. In which the Hacker Tourist ventures forth across three continents, telling the story of the business and technology of undersea fiber-optic cables, as well as an account of the laying of the longest wire on Earth.
• "Global Neighborhood Watch". 1998. Stopping street crime in the global village.
• In the Beginning...was the Command Line. Perennial. 1999. ISBN 0-380-81593-1. (Homepage Arhivirano 2018-02-18 na Wayback Machine-u)
• "Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out". Op-Ed piece on Star Wars, in New York Times, June 17, 2005.
• "It's All Geek To Me". New York Times, March 18, 2007.

Vanjske veze

Neal Stephenson na Wikimedijinoj ostavi

• Neal Stephenson's official website
• Neal Stephenson's new personal website
• Neal Stephenson na Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• HyperDig collection of Neal Stephenson links Arhivirano 2006-03-24 na Wayback Machine-u

Intervjui

• Neal Stephenson Sees the Light by David Chute, LA Weekly 1999
• A Conversation With Neal Stephenson by Catherine Asaro, SF Site 1999
• Neal Stephenson Responds With Wit and Humor Slashdot interview 2004
• The Summit of Mount Stephenson, Salon Article by Andrew Leonard in 2004
• Deep Code, Salon Article by Andrew Leonard in 1999
• The Salon Interview by Laura Miller in 2004
• Neal Stephenson's Past, Present, and Future Interview by Mike Godwin in the February 2005 issue of Reason