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At an event hosted by the Long Now Foundation, science fiction author Neal Stephenson reads from his latest novel ANATHEM.
This talk was given at The Regency Center in San Francisco, California on Tuesday September 9, 02008
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With over 900 Long Now members and sci-fi appreciators in the audience, we celebrated the release of Neal Stephenson's new book Anathem on Tuesday September 9, 02008 in San Francisco. With the book drawing heavily on Long Now's ideas for a 10,000 Year Clock , and our explorations of long-term thinking; we were invited to create this most unusual book release event, which was a wonderful honor for us.
Some highlights of the evening were hearing Neal Stephenson read the opening pages of the book for us, seeing the performance of the elaborate math based chanting (by monks in robes!) created for the book in collaboration with composer David Stutz, listening to an onstage conversation between Stewart Brand, Danny Hillis and Neal Stephenson talking about the book and it's inspirations, and seeing a live performance of "shovel-fu" a new martial arts from the book! The audience was very graciously patient during some difficulties we had with the sound.
We'd like to thank The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation for making this unique event possible through their Performing Arts Grant to The Long Now Foundation. Neal Stephenson signed 500 copies of Anathem that day, then stayed to personalize a copy for everyone who asked - a wonderful opportunity for his many fans.
You can read more about the connections between Anathem and Long Now on our site and through the publisher Harper Collins .
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