For those of you a bit closer to Gresham College than I am, Neal will be speaking there on May 8th as part of a symposium on science fiction as a literary genre. More info on the event is here.
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Neal (among others) is mentioned in this article from the The Harvard Independent on Sci-Fi’s influence in the real world.
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Ilya let us know that Amazon in both the US and UK have put up a cover image for Anathem. It doesn’t shed much light on what the book will be about though.

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It appears that Mr. Grossman is also very excited about the new book that is on its way. His thoughts are here.
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