Tomorrow Through the Past: Neal Stephenson and the Project of Global Modernization (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781847189295)

Tomorrow Through the Past: Neal Stephenson and the Project of Global Modernization is the first collection of scholarly essays dedicated exclusively to this important voice in contemporary American fiction. The collection grew from five essays originally presented at the 2006 XXth Century Literature Conference at the University of Louisville, and the contributors are made up of graduate students, independent scholars, and university professors who hope the collection will aid general readers as well as instructors teaching Stephenson and professionals building the critical response to his work. Reading through the lenses of history and linguistic, cultural, and science fiction studies, the essays in the collection examine each of Stephenson's novels from The Big U to The Baroque Cycle as well as his long non-fiction work on computer operating systems, In the Beginning a Was the Command Line. Included in this collection is a new interview conducted with Stephenson during the summer of 2006.

Author: Jon Lewis
ISBN-10: 1847189296
ISBN-13: 9781847189295
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/01/2008
Pages: 167
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.80w x 0.50d