Neal Stephenson Quote

Hiro and Chuck grab the closest thing they can find to a corner table. Hirobuttonholes a waiter and surreptitiously orders a pitcher of Pub Special, mixedhalf and half with nonalcoholic beer. This way, Chuck ought to remain awake alittle longer than he would otherwise.It doesn't take much to make him open up. He's like one of these old guys froma disgraced presidential administration, forced out by scandal, who devotes therest of his life to finding people who will listen to him.

Neal Stephenson

Hiro and Chuck grab the closest thing they can find to a corner table. Hirobuttonholes a waiter and surreptitiously orders a pitcher of Pub Special, mixedhalf and half with nonalcoholic beer. This way, Chuck ought to remain awake alittle longer than he would otherwise.It doesn't take much to make him open up. He's like one of these old guys froma disgraced presidential administration, forced out by scandal, who devotes therest of his life to finding people who will listen to him.

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About 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 mathematics, cryptography, linguistics, philosophy, currency, and the history of science. He also writes nonfiction articles about technology in publications such as Wired. He has written novels with his uncle, George Jewsbury ("J. Frederick George"), under the collective pseudonym Stephen Bury.
Stephenson has worked part-time as an advisor for Blue Origin, a company (founded by Jeff Bezos) developing a spacecraft and a space launch system, and also co-founded the Subutai Corporation, whose first offering is the interactive fiction project The Mongoliad. He was Magic Leap's Chief Futurist from 2014 to 2020.