Neal Stephenson News, Pictures & Buzz

Prospect Ramblings: Potential Prospects That Could Be on the Move Ahead of the Trade Deadline (Part 2)  dobberprospects.com

Gov. Beshear signs no-knock warrant bill, other legislation into law  WDRB

Chenango County Posts Correction Officer Job Application  CNY News

Cryptovoxels: a virtual world built on blockchain  ACS

IAC announces third nine weeks honor roll  Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal

Fantasy hockey rankings Week 11 update - How to manage the NHL schedule  ESPN

Roblox and Fortnite, video games that open the door to a platform for a parallel life – Explica .co  Explica

Opinion | Don't Let China Mint the Money of the Future  Bloomberg

HiDef, Inc. raises $9 million in funding to build a new metaverse  GameDaily.biz

The Attack Of The 50-Foot Metaverse  pymnts.com

Neymar joins `Fortnite` as video game universe expands  WION

New materials in Ozark Regional Library system  Daily Journal Online

Superstar Neymar joins Fortnite's growing video-game universe | Daily Sabah  Daily Sabah

Magic, Science Blend in Master of the Revels  The Mary Sue

The first virtual house NFT just sold for more than $500,000  The Architect's Newspaper

Manova World aims to be Second Life VR, but its hand-tracking has a life of its own  TechRadar

The Metaverse Will Give Designers the Chance to Create a Better World  Built In

Roblox: How the children's game became a $30bn bet on the Metaverse  BBC News

Roblox valued at $45.3B in record-setting direct listing  PitchBook News & Analysis

New Books: 23 February 2021 – Locus Online  Locus Online

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Can anyone give me a detailed summary of The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson? Thank you!

I am wondering why the metaverse is more important to hackers than business people? What obvious advantages do hackers have over the average business class? How is this relative to their ability to cope with real life and live within the law. I have read the first 20 chapters where these answers can be found and I either cant find them or I missed them. Either way I need help maybe chapters these can be found in atleast? Help if you can thank you!

I'm trying to get into Neal Stephenson. I love sci-fi and I'm a huge fan of cyber punk and speculative fiction. Which book should I read first? I think I want to hold off on the Baroque Cycle as it is a pretty big time investment with all 3 books. I do plan on reading them eventually but I would rather read one of his stand-alone novels first to get a feel for his writing style. I don't know which book to read first. I've heard that Cryptonomicon is incredibly popular with his fans. The Diamond Age won the Hugo and Locus awards and is highly acclaimed, would this be the best place to start? I've also heard great things about Anathem and Snow Crash. Which book would be the best introduction to his body of work? Thanks!

I typically read science fiction / historical fiction / "might be someday in the not too distant future" fiction. I'm wondering if anyone who knows Stephenson and Gibson could recommend another author who's work is similar to theirs. Thanks much.