{"product_id":"anathem-paperback","title":"Anathem - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNeal Stephenson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eBestseller, \u003cem\u003eAnathem \u003c\/em\u003eis perhaps the most brilliant literary invention to date from the incomparable Neal Stephenson, who rocked the world with \u003cem\u003eSnow Crash, Cryptonomicon, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Baroque Cycle\u003c\/em\u003e. Now he imagines an alternate universe where scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians live in seclusion behind ancient monastery walls until they are called back into the world to deal with a crisis of astronomical proportions. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnathem\u003c\/em\u003e won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and the reviews for have been dazzling: \"Brilliant\" (\u003cem\u003eSouth Florida Sun-Sentinel\u003c\/em\u003e), \"Daring\" (\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e), \"Immensely entertaining\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), \"A tour de force\" (\u003cem\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e), while \u003cem\u003eTime \u003c\/em\u003emagazine proclaims, \"The great novel of ideas...has morphed into science fiction, and Neal Stephenson is its foremost practitioner.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor ten years Fraa Erasmas, a young avout, has lived ina cloistered sanctuary formathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from thecorrupting influences of the outsideworld. But before the week is out, both the existence he abandonedand the one he embraced will standpoised on the brink of cataclysmicchange--and Erasmas will becomea major player in a drama that willdetermine the future of his world, as he follows his destiny to the mostinhospitable corners of the planet . . .and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e--The Oregonian (Portland) on ANATHEM\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor ten years Fraa Erasmas, a young avout, has lived ina cloistered sanctuary formathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from thecorrupting influences of the outsideworld. But before the week is out, both the existence he abandonedand the one he embraced will standpoised on the brink of cataclysmicchange--and Erasmas will becomea major player in a drama that willdetermine the future of his world, as he follows his destiny to the mostinhospitable corners of the planet . . .and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1024\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 7.9 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 30, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42684218900543,"sku":"9780061694943","price":31.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/c5bc7ba34c5b7cb9eef212cc4720b7f4.webp?v=1764966798","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/anathem-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}