An amazing author who writes more or less in the SF genre, where S = {speculative, science}, F = fiction. He is also a programmer and his writing is coloured with geek-friendly prose. In fact, he's written some essays on programming (see below). You can find more about him:
- http://www.cryptonomicon.com which is named after his latest book, Cryptonomicon
- http://www.well.com/~neal/ explains why he usually doesn't answer email
- Post-Quicksilver [interview] with Salon.
He is also known as Stephen Bury when writing with J. Frederick George in the political thriller genre, although Interface is also takes from sci-fi a bit.
Works by Stephenson are:
- TheBigU
- Zodiac -- An eco-thriller (ZodiacBook)
- SnowCrash
- TheDiamondAge
- CryptonomiconBook
- BookShelved:InTheBeginningWasTheCommandLine (essay)
- Wiki:MotherEarthMotherBoard (article for WiredMagazine)
- Quicksilver (ISBN:0380977427)
and as Stephen Bury (with J. Frederick George):
- Interface (InterfaceBook)
- TheCobweb