Neal Stephenson: Polostan

Neal Stephenson, visionary speculative fiction author and long-time friend of Long Now, joined us for a conversation with journalist Charles C. Mann on the research behind his new novel _Polostan_ , the dawn of the Atomic Age, and the craft of historical storytelling. _Polostan_ is the first installment in a monumental new series called Bomb Light - an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age. Set against the turbulent decades of the early twentieth century, Polostan is an inventive, richly detailed, and deeply entertaining historical epic from Stephenson, whose prior books include [_Cryptonomicon_]( and [_The Baroque Cycle_](

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Neal Stephenson: Polostan is an episode from Long Now: Seminars About Long-term Thinking by The Long Now Foundation.

This episode is 56:01 long.

This episode was published on Nov 14, 2024.

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