''Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing'' is a collection of short fiction and nonfiction by the
speculative fiction
Speculative fiction is an umbrella term, umbrella genre of fiction that encompasses all the subgenres that depart from Realism (arts), realism, or strictly imitating everyday reality, instead presenting fantastical, supernatural, futuristic, or ...
author
Neal Stephenson
Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, and baroque.
Stephenson's work explores mathemati ...
. It is primarily composed of Stephenson's previously published articles, essays, and interviews although it does contain a previously unpublished essay titled "Arsebestos" and an unfinished short story "Under-Constable Proudfoot."
Contents
Source:
* "Introduction"
* "Arsebestos" - not previously published (2012)
::In "Arsebestos", Stephenson draws connections between characters in
Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and Social criticism, social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by ...
's ''
A Christmas Carol
''A Christmas Carol. In Prose. Being a Ghost Story of Christmas'', commonly known as ''A Christmas Carol'', is a novella by Charles Dickens, first published in London by Chapman & Hall in 1843 and illustrated by John Leech. It recounts the ...
'' who suffer from a lack of physical mobility and his own chiropractic issues
in order to argue for the adoption of more physically active work spaces.
*
Slashdot Interview - (2004)
*
Metaphysics in the Royal Society 1715-2010 - (2010)
*
- (2007)
*
- (2006)
* "" - (2008)
* "
Spew
Spew or SPEW may refer to:
* Socialist Party (England and Wales)
* Society for Promoting the Employment of Women, one of the earliest British women's organisations
* Society for the Promotion of Elfish Welfare, a fictional organization formed by H ...
" - (1994)
* Selected excerpts from
In the Kingdom of Mao Bell - (1994)
* "
Under-Constable Proudfoot" - not previously published (2012)
* "
Mother Earth Mother Board
"Mother Earth Mother Board" is an essay by Neal Stephenson that appeared in ''Wired Magazine
''Wired'' is a bi-monthly American magazine that focuses on how emerging technologies affect culture, the economy, and politics. It is published in ...
" - (1996)
*
The Salon Interview - (2004)
*
Blind Secularism - (1993)
* "
about ''Anathem''" - (2012)
* "''
Everything and More'' Foreword" - (2003)
* "
The Great Simoleon Caper
"The Great Simoleon Caper" is a short story by Neal Stephenson that appeared in ''TIME'' on March 1, 1995. It deals with concepts familiar to Stephenson's readers: encryption, digital currency, and distributed republics. It appears to be set in a ...
" - (1995)
*
Locked In - (2011)
*
Innovation Starvation - (2011)
* "Why I Am a Bad Correspondent" - (1998)
References
Essay collections
Essays by Neal Stephenson
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