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Anathem

Neal Stephenson

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#359 of 8,085 books · #67 in Fantasy

Won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (2009). Also shortlisted or longlisted for 3 other awards.

Erasmas, 'Raz', is a young avout living in the Concent, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers. Three times during history's darkest epochs, violence has invaded and devastated the cloistered community. Yet the avout have always managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe. But they now prepare to open the Concent's gates to the outside world, in celebration of a once-a-decade rite. Suddenly, Erasmas finds himself a major player in a drama that will determine the future of his world - as he sets out on an extraordinary odyssey that will carry him to the most dangerous, inhospitable corners of the planet...and beyond.

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Publisher
Atlantic Books
ISBN-13
9780857890481
Topics
Philosophy and scienceIsolated intellectual societyComing of ageCosmic mysteryAdventure and survival

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