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Having lived in a monastery since childhood, away from the violent upheavals of the outside world, Raz becomes one of a group of formerly cloistered scholars who are appointed by a fear-driven higher power to avert an impending catastrophe.

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Main Author: Stephenson, Neal
Other Authors: Dufris, William (Narrator), Wyman, Oliver (Narrator), Gilbert, Tavia (Narrator)
Format: Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:English
Published: New York : Macmillan Audio, p2008.
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Life on other planets > Fiction.
Disasters > Fiction.
Monasteries > Fiction.
Philosophy > Fiction.
Mathematics > Fiction.
Science fiction.
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Summary:Having lived in a monastery since childhood, away from the violent upheavals of the outside world, Raz becomes one of a group of formerly cloistered scholars who are appointed by a fear-driven higher power to avert an impending catastrophe.
Item Description:Unabridged.
Compact discs.
Physical Description:28 sound discs (34 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time:34:00:00
ISBN:9781427205902
1427205906
9780792756392
0792756398
Author Notes:Neal Stephenson, the science fiction author, was born on October 31, 1959 in Maryland. He graduated from Boston University in 1981 with a B.A. in Geography with a minor in physics. His first novel, The Big U, was published in 1984. It received little attention and stayed out of print until Stephenson allowed it to be reprinted in 2001.

His second novel was Zodiac: The Eco-Thriller was published in 1988, but it was his novel Snow Crash (1992) that brought him popularity. It fused memetics, computer viruses, and other high-tech themes with Sumerian mythology.

Neal Stephenson has won several awards: Hugo for Best Novel for The Diamond Age (1996), the Arthur C. Clarke for Best Novel for Quicksilver (2004), and the Prometheus Award for Best Novel for The System of the World (2005).

He recently completed the The Baroque Cycle Trilogy, a series of historical novels. It consists of eight books and was originally published in three volumes and Reamde. His latest novel is entitled The Rise and Fall of D. O. D. O.

Stephenson also writes under the pseudonym Stephen Bury.

(Bowker Author Biography)

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