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Anathem

byNeal Stephenson

Genres: Science Fiction Space Exploration Quantum Fiction First Contact Speculative Evolution

Topics MonasteriesPhilosophyScience Fiction & FantasyFictionScience fictionLife on other planetsMathematicsDisastersLong Now Manual for CivilizationFiction, historicalFiction, science fiction, generalnyt:hardcover-fiction=2008-09-28New York Times bestsellerFiction, suspenseFiction, historical, general

Erasmas, 'Raz', is a young avout living in the Concent, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers. Three times during history's darkest epochs, violence has invaded and devastated the cloistered community. Yet the avout have always managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe.But they now prepare to open the Concent's gates to the outside world, in celebration of a once-a-decade rite. Suddenly, Erasmas finds himself a major player in a drama that will determine the future of his world - as he sets out on an extraordinary odyssey that will carry him to the most dangerous, inhospitable corners of the planet...and beyond.

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Published on

10/01/2009

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Paperback

ISBN

9781843549178

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waterstones

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