{"product_id":"2940170093588","title":"Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most talented and creative authors working today, Neal Stephenson is renowned for his exceptional novels amp;mdash; works colossal in vision and mind-boggling in complexity. Exploring and blending a diversity of topics, including technology, economics, history, science, pop culture, and philosophy, his books are the products of a keen and adventurous intellect.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Not surprisingly, Stephenson is regularly asked to contribute articles, lectures, and essays to numerous outlets, from major newspapers and cutting-edge magazines to college symposia. This remarkable collection brings together previously published short writings, both fiction and nonfiction, as well as a new essay (and an extremely short story) created specifically for this volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephenson ponders a wealth of subjects, from movies and politics to David Foster Wallace and the Midwestern American College Town; video games to classics-based sci-fi; how geekdom has become cool and how science fiction has become mainstream (whether people admit it or not); the future of publishing and the origins of his novels. Playful and provocative, \u003ci\u003eSome Remarks\u003c\/i\u003e displays Stephenson's opinions and ideas on:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Internet, our dwindling national attention span, and the cultural importance of books and bookishness;  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWaco, religion, and the cluelessness of secular society;  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMetaphysics and the battle between Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz;  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe laying of the longest wire on Earth - and why it matters to you;  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTechnology, freedom, commerce, and the Chinese;  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHow Star Wars and 300 mirror who we are today and what that spells for our future; and  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eModern Jedi knights, a.k.a. scientists and technologists, and why they are admired and feared by both the left and the right.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e  \u003cp\u003eBy turns amusing and profound, critical and celebratory, yet always entertaining, \u003ci\u003eSome Remarks\u003c\/i\u003e offers a fascinating look into the prismatic mind of this extraordinary writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA HarperAudio production.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47098240106736,"sku":"2940170093588","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170093588_p0.jpg?v=1763701702","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170093588","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}