Comments on: Anathem Review http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/12/anathem-review/ The science of futurist technologies—and an excuse to soak in sci-fi TV shows, books, movies, toys, and video games. Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:52:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Meta/Physics: Sacramental Ontology, Science, and Simple vs. Complex Platonism « Beyond the Secular Canopy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/12/anathem-review/comment-page-1/#comment-12343 Meta/Physics: Sacramental Ontology, Science, and Simple vs. Complex Platonism « Beyond the Secular Canopy Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:23:03 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/12/anathem-review/#comment-12343 [...] reviews, see Alan Jacobs at The New Atlantis, George Berger at the Zone, Andrew Leonard at Salon, Stephen Cass at Discover Magazine, and Niall Harrison at [...] [...] reviews, see Alan Jacobs at The New Atlantis, George Berger at the Zone, Andrew Leonard at Salon, Stephen Cass at Discover Magazine, and Niall Harrison at [...]

]]> By: Meta/Physics: Sacramental Ontology, Science, and Simple vs. Complex Platonism in Neal Stephenson’s Anathem « Beyond the Secular Canopy http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/12/anathem-review/comment-page-1/#comment-11313 Meta/Physics: Sacramental Ontology, Science, and Simple vs. Complex Platonism in Neal Stephenson’s Anathem « Beyond the Secular Canopy Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:39:31 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/12/anathem-review/#comment-11313 [...] reviews, see Alan Jacobs at The New Atlantis, George Berger at the Zone, Andrew Leonard at Salon, Stephen Cass at Discover Magazine, and Niall Harrison at [...] [...] reviews, see Alan Jacobs at The New Atlantis, George Berger at the Zone, Andrew Leonard at Salon, Stephen Cass at Discover Magazine, and Niall Harrison at [...]

]]> By: harryangel http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/12/anathem-review/comment-page-1/#comment-10906 harryangel Thu, 24 Jun 2010 08:57:50 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/12/anathem-review/#comment-10906 Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation series was excellent, exciting and thought prevoking. The same can be said of Frank Herbert`s Dune. Anathem was tedious, uninformative and the only thoughts it provoked were -will this story ever get moving or end ? While I am not well versed in the scientific theories outlined I am acquainted with Plato`s theory of forms -and the "delving into it in this book was banal, lazy and pedestrian. Anathem is a great big turd of a book. Avoid itn likethe plague. Isaac Asimov’s “Foundation series was excellent, exciting and thought prevoking. The same can be said of Frank Herbert`s Dune. Anathem was tedious, uninformative and the only thoughts it provoked were -will this story ever get moving or end ? While I am not well versed in the scientific theories outlined I am acquainted with Plato`s theory of forms -and the “delving into it in this book was banal, lazy and pedestrian.

Anathem is a great big turd of a book. Avoid itn likethe plague.

]]> By: Amey http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/12/anathem-review/comment-page-1/#comment-10782 Amey Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:13:47 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/12/anathem-review/#comment-10782 If you're saying that Anathem is as fast-paced as Snow Crash, you must've definitely left your brains in your other pants when you wrote this review. If you’re saying that Anathem is as fast-paced as Snow Crash, you must’ve definitely left your brains in your other pants when you wrote this review.

]]> By: 10 Best Post-Apocalypses | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/12/anathem-review/comment-page-1/#comment-1890 10 Best Post-Apocalypses | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:19:42 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/12/anathem-review/#comment-1890 [...] of Walter Miller Jr. novel have popped up in science fiction for decades, notably in Babylon 5 and Anathem. Canticle features a monastic sect devoted to preserving technology in the centuries following the [...] [...] of Walter Miller Jr. novel have popped up in science fiction for decades, notably in Babylon 5 and Anathem. Canticle features a monastic sect devoted to preserving technology in the centuries following the [...]

]]> By: Hardcore Anathem Fans Rejoice: A Math of Sorts | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/12/anathem-review/comment-page-1/#comment-690 Hardcore Anathem Fans Rejoice: A Math of Sorts | Science Not Fiction | Discover Magazine Thu, 25 Sep 2008 21:55:48 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/sciencenotfiction/2008/09/12/anathem-review/#comment-690 [...] devoted to scientific worship,” reminiscent of the cloistered maths of Neal Stephen’s Anathem Even though “scientific worship” should be an oxymoron, in that the act of faith [...] [...] devoted to scientific worship,” reminiscent of the cloistered maths of Neal Stephen’s Anathem Even though “scientific worship” should be an oxymoron, in that the act of faith [...]

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