{"product_id":"9780061474101","title":"Anathem","description":"\u003cp\u003eA #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/em\u003eBestseller, \u003cem\u003eAnathem \u003c\/em\u003eis perhaps the most brilliant literary invention to date from the incomparable Neal Stephenson, who rocked the world with \u003cem\u003eSnow Crash, Cryptonomicon, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Baroque Cycle\u003c\/em\u003e. Now he imagines an alternate universe where scientists, philosophers, and mathematicians live in seclusion behind ancient monastery walls until they are called back into the world to deal with a crisis of astronomical proportions. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAnathem\u003c\/em\u003e won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and the reviews for have been dazzling: \"Brilliant\" (\u003cem\u003eSouth Florida Sun-Sentinel\u003c\/em\u003e), \"Daring\" (\u003cem\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/em\u003e), \"Immensely entertaining\" (\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e), \"A tour de force\" (\u003cem\u003eSt. Louis Post-Dispatch\u003c\/em\u003e), while \u003cem\u003eTime \u003c\/em\u003emagazine proclaims, \"The great novel of ideas...has morphed into science fiction, and Neal Stephenson is its foremost practitioner.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow \u0026 Company (Author: Stephenson, Neal)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50079831392613,"sku":"9780061474101","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0852\/0538\/5573\/files\/imageloader_8a03e5a6-a600-41e4-92a4-af30587ea08a.jpg?v=1770204560","url":"https:\/\/paralleluniversebooks.com\/products\/9780061474101","provider":"Parallel Universe Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}