Neal Stephenson writes his novels the way people did in 1850. The science-fiction author of Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. William Morrow Critics sometimes gripe that Neal Stephenson's sprawling, discursive, episodic, prop-up-your-laptop-sized novels ...

Surely Medieval knights would be appalled by the swordplay displayed in modern video games. Warriors hack blindly. Swords miraculously catch fire. Characters swing in wild circles like the Tasmanian ...

Seattle science-fiction author Neal Stephenson will play a key role in Lamina1’s Artefact collaboration with Weta Workshop. (Photo via Lamina1) A digital content platform inspired by Seattle ...

Science-fiction author Neal Stephenson speaks at a Town Hall event in 2018. (GeekWire Photo / Alan Boyle) Microsoft and Facebook’s parent company, Meta, have their own visions for a virtual world ...

Wētā Workshop, known for its world-building for The Lord of the Rings movies, has teamed up with Neal Stephenson‘s Lamina1 Web3 company. They are working on an interactive storytelling project on the ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It's been one week since prolific author Neal Stephenson and "The Lord of the Rings" practical effects creative studio Wētā ...

Neal Stephenson talks about Snow Crash's delayed Hollywood adaptation, and why he finally decided to develop a real-world metaverse of his own with Lamina1. Neal Stephenson's Tall Tower project ...

In 1992, science-fiction author Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” in his hit novel “Snow Crash.” Now, 30 years later, he’s teaming up with another crypto OG, Peter Vessenes, to bring his ...

Neal Stephenson, author of the science-fiction classic novel “Snow Crash” where he coined the term “metaverse” and gave new meaning to the word “avatar,” sees artificial intelligence in general, and ...