Neal Town Stephenson (31.10. 1959.-) je američki pisac, najpoznatiji po naučno-fantastičnim djelima koja pripadaju postcyberpunk podžanru, a koja istražuju probleme vezane uz društvo, matematiku, valute i historiju nauke. Također piše članke na temu tehnologije za časopise kao Wired Magazine, te je povremeno radio kao savjetnik Blue Origina, kompanije (koju je osnovao Jeff Bezos) a koja nastoji ostvariti sub-orbitalni sistem lansiranja.
Beletristika:
- The Big U (1984)
- Zodiac (1988)
- Snow Crash (1992)
- Interface (1994) kao Stephen Bury, ko-autor J. Frederick George
- priča: "Spew" (1994)
- priča: "The Great Simoleon Caper" (1995)
- The Diamond Age: or A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer (1995) pobjednik nagrade Hugo za najbolji roman. Nominiran za nagradu Nebula za najbolji roman
- The Cobweb (1996) kao Stephen Bury, ko-autor J. Frederick George
- Priča: "Jipi and the Paranoid Chip" (1997)
- Cryptonomicon (1999) nominiran za nagrade Hugo za najbolji roman
- Quicksilver (2003), prvi tom The Baroque Cyclea
- The Confusion (2004), drugi tom The Baroque Cyclea
- The System of the World (2004), treći tom The Baroque Cyclea i pobjednik Nagrade Prometheus za 2005. godinu
Publicistika:
- "Communication Prosthetics: Threat, or Menace? Arhivirano 2006-11-11 na Wayback Machine-u". Whole Earth Catalog, Summer 1991.
- "Smiley's people". 1993.
- "In the Kingdom of Mao Bell". 1994. A billion Chinese are using new technology to create the fastest growing economy on the planet. But while the information wants to be free, do they?
- "Mother Earth Mother Board". 1996. In which the Hacker Tourist ventures forth across three continents, telling the story of the business and technology of undersea fiber-optic cables, as well as an account of the laying of the longest wire on Earth.
- "Global Neighborhood Watch". 1998. Stopping street crime in the global village.
- In the Beginning...was the Command Line. Perennial. 1999. ISBN 0-380-81593-1. (Homepage)
- "Turn On, Tune In, Veg Out". Op-Ed piece on Star Wars, in New York Times, June 17, 2005.
- "It's All Geek To Me". New York Times, March 18, 2007.
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