In Some Remarks, his
new collection of essays, interviews, and short fiction, Neal
Stephenson’s topics range from the hazards of sitting down all day
to the clash of worldviews in Waco when government agents had their
standoff with the Branch Davidians, from China’s absorption of Hong
Kong to a midwestern college town’s influence on the novelist David
Foster Wallace. Together, Anders Monsen reports, these pieces
showcase Stephenson’s eye for detail, his ability to weave
compelling stories from reams of research, and his excitement about
the world of ideas. 

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