An amazing author who writes more or less in the SF genre, where S = {speculative, science}, F = fiction. He is also a programmer and his writing is coloured with geek-friendly prose. In fact, he's written some essays on programming (see below). You can find more about him:

* http://www.cryptonomicon.com which is named after his latest book, Cryptonomicon
* http://www.well.com/~neal/ explains why he usually doesn't answer email
* Post-Quicksilver [http://www.salon.com/books/int/2004/04/21/stephenson/index.html interview] with Salon.

He is also known as Stephen Bury when writing with J. Frederick George in the political thriller genre, although Interface is also takes from sci-fi a bit.

Works by Stephenson are:

* TheBigU
* Zodiac -- An eco-thriller (ZodiacBook) 
* SnowCrash
* TheDiamondAge
* CryptonomiconBook
* BookShelved:InTheBeginningWasTheCommandLine ''(essay)''
* Wiki:MotherEarthMotherBoard ''(article for WiredMagazine)''
* Quicksilver (ISBN:0380977427)

and as Stephen Bury (with J. Frederick George):

* Interface (InterfaceBook)
* TheCobweb

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