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Sneak Peek At Neal Stephenson's "Anathem"

Posted by timothy on from the canticle-for-leibowitz-comes-to-mind dept.

Shawn M. Smith writes "Neal Stephenson (Cryptonomicon, The Baroque Cycle) has a new novel coming out in just a couple weeks — Anathem. Boing Boing has an excerpt from the amazing glossary (including a definition for 'bulshytt') so take a peek at a copy of an abridged glossary of neologisms and language-bending goodies from the book."

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  1. Plain old English anyone? by ilovesymbian · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe I cannot understand this, but why can't people just speak regular plain old English? Doesn't the adage "Caesar cannot change English" apply anymore? This is bulshytt!

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    1. Re:Plain old English anyone? by TornCityVenz · · Score: 4, Funny

      I for one am just glad he did not decide to write his newest novel in "leetspeak" or "lolcat".

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    2. Re:Plain old English anyone? by fumblebruschi · · Score: 3, Funny
      Or to put it another way:

      Stephenson is, thank God, no Heinlein.

  2. Re:Different excerpt on Amazon by iplayfast · · Score: 4, Funny

    They also claim to have used copies available!