New Neal Stephenson in September
From Slashdot, via Bob:
Lev Grossman writes to tell us that Neal Stephenson, author of greats like Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon, has another novel due for release in September. The catalogue copy gives us a small glimpse at what may be in store: "Since childhood, Raz has lived behind the walls of a 3,400-year-old monastery, a sanctuary for scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians--sealed off from the illiterate, irrational, unpredictable 'saecular' world that is plagued by recurring cycles of booms and busts, world wars and climate change. Until the day that a higher power, driven by fear, decides that only these cloistered scholars have the abilities to avert an impending catastrophe. And, one by one, Raz and his cohorts are summoned forth without warning into the Unknown."
~squee!~
Which means that I have 5 months to read the last two books of the Baroque Cycle. I had just started the second one in 2005 when everything went upside down. And it turns out I need brain cells to read Stephenson.
I am *so excited*!
September Stephenson
November climbing in Mexico