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Stephenson's Quicksilver Slated For March 7th

Posted by chrisd on from the hopefully-this-one-ends-less-abruptly dept.

Swampper writes: "New Neal Stephenson novel Quicksilver is available for pre-order from Amazon UK. It's due out on March 7th. There is also another Stephenson book on the horizon; Interface. It will arrive May 2nd." Actually, Interface was previously offered through the psuedonym "Stephen Bury" Note the discussion of this book and others on the Cryptonomicon site.

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  1. not true by Neal+Stephenson · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This is some kind of a mistake. I have not even finished writing it yet. So it can't be published on March 7th. A more likely pub date would be March 2003.

    I have failed to deliver the book on time. Consequently the pub date has been changed more than once. From the looks of things, the publisher's and Amazon's databases have gotten out of synch.

    There is probably no harm in pre-ordering the book but please know that the wait will be a long one.

    1. Re:not true by enneff · · Score: 2, Flamebait
      *ahem* How retarded are you moderators?

      You really think Neal Stephenson posts to Slashdot? He's a professional author: use your brain, for christs sake.

      Or, better yet, have a look at his web site, where he explains why he doesn't answer email:

      "All of my time and attention are spoken for--several times over. Please do not ask for them."

      And I seriously doubt he means he's too busy posting to slashdot.