Submission + - Sneak Peek at Neal Stephenson's "Anathem" 1
Shawn M. Smith writes: "Neal Stephenson (Cryptonomicon, The Baroque Cycle) has a new novel coming out in just a couple weeks — Anathem. Boing Boing has an excerpt from the amazing glossary (including a definition for "bulshytt") so take a peak at a copy of an abridged glossary of neologisms and language-bending goodies from the book."
An allegory referring to Rand's? (Score:1)
Ayn Rand's short novel "Anthem" describes an unlikely dystopia as a background for a presentation of some of her views. That glossary implies a similar setting for Neal's similarly titled new novel.
Well, we will see after it comes out.