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Anathem

Von: Neal Stephenson
Gesprochen von: Oliver Wyman, Tavia Gilbert, William Dufris, Neal Stephenson
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Fraa Erasmus is a young avout living in the Concent of Saunt Edhar, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the "Saecular" world by ancient stone, honored traditions, and complex rituals.

Over the centuries, cities, and governments have risen and fallen beyond the concent's walls. Three times during history's darkest epochs, bloody violence born of superstition and ignorance has invaded and devastated the cloistered mathic community. Yet always the avout have managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe, becoming out of necessity more austere and less dependent on technology and material things. Erasmus, however, has no fear of the outside - the Extramuros - for the last of the terrible times was long, long ago.

Now, in celebration of the week-long, once-in-a-decade rite of Apert, the fras and suurs prepare to venture outside the concent's gates - opening them wide at the same time to welcome the curious "extras" in.

During his first Apert as a fra, Erasmus eagerly anticipates reconnecting with the landmarks and family he hasn't seen since he was "collected". But before the week is out, both the existence he abandoned and the one he embraced will stand poised on the perilous brink of cataclysmic change.

Powerful unforeseen forces threaten the peaceful stability of mathic life and the established ennui of the Extramuros - a threat that only an unsteady alliance of Saecular and avout can oppose - as, one by one, Raz's colleagues, teachers, and friends are all called forth from the safety of the concent in hopes of warding off global disaster.

Suddenly burdened with a worlds-shattering responsibility, Erasmus finds himself a major player in a drama that will determine the future of everything - as he sets out on an extraordinary odyssey that will carry him to the most dangerous, inhospitable corners of an unfamiliar planet...and far beyond.

©2008 Neal Stephenson (P)2008 Macmillan Audio
Postapokalyptisch Science Fiction

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Interesting book with slow periods.

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The beginning of the book is a bit slow and hard to follow but after that initial slow burn (book 1) it is just wonderful. the story kept me interested right to the end where my only complaint is that I then had to leave this world.

Difficult start AMAZING finish

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Anathem has become my new favorite book through this experience. Neal Stephenson manages to create a foreign but utterly believable world with a rich history and many many parallels to our own. A big part of the fun is to figure out which of Neal's neologisms represents which of our real world objects, thoughts, theorems or persons.

As a student of mathematics, what especially stands out to me is the incredible detail with which Stephenson dares approach topics and subjects that any other author would shy away from so as to not bore away his readership. Stephenson respects the reader (listener) enough to unabashedly thrust into metaphysical, mathematical and scientific discussions, called Dialogs in universe, and fill entire pages with them. Discussions range from quantum physics and the nature of consciousness to mathematical theorems and their implications and the metaphysical examination of this universe's equivalent of Plato's theory of forms.

All of these examinations are underpinned and intertwined by a very solid first contact narrative that yanks our protegonist out of his comfort zone and shoves him headfirst into an adventure in which his wit and the intellect of his peers are the driving force.

A solid 5/5 for this book which I consider to be a masterpiece of our time.

Adventure through science

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This may just have become my favorite Sci Fi book. So intelligent and inspired. Great stuff

How have I never heard of this book before?

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This story is not for the intellectually faint-hearted in the sense that it demands one’s concentration. You can’t expect to follow the storyline if you’re, for instance, trying to listen to it while parallely following up on a hobby.

But it’s absolutely worth the dedication. The storyline is consistent, a wholesome experience particularly for those interested in math, engineering, and science, and it is both thought-provoking and intriguing, not only by means of the story itself, but also due to the very well-phrased English.

To say that Neil Stephenson has a knack for writing would be saying that Johann Sebastian Bach knew a bit of music. Highest recommendation!

Highly intellectual alternate universe story

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I love Stephenson - Snow Crash and Seven Eves were astounding but this grindingly boring book obviously is geared to a community of geeks within a geek community and goes on and on about catholic-like rituals and a self congratulatory science aesthetic.

Tedious and pedantic

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Es war eine Qual. Habe nur mit zweifacher Geschwindigkeit und Auslassungen bis zum Ende durchgehalten.

Langweilig

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Mein erster Stephenson. Umfangreiches und stimmiges Worldbuilding. Es wird eine Welt entworfen, in der die Naturwissenschaften ins Kloster verband wurden. Die "säkulare" Macht hingegen scheint eine religiöse Monarchie zu sein - das wird kaum erklärt. Die Charaktere sind bis auf den Protagonisten recht verwechselbar. Dieses Buch benötigt offensichtlich intensives Zuhören, sonst kann man schnell nicht mehr folgen. Alles in allem viel Astrophysik und schlaues Gerede, aber sehr wenig Action und Handlung. Der Sprecher und die Produktion waren aber sehr gut.

Große Ideen, aber sehr langatmig.

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