{"product_id":"reamde-a-novel-isbn-9780061977961","title":"Reamde: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e“Stephenson has a once-in-a-generation gift: he makes complex ideas clear, and he makes them funny, heartbreaking, and thrilling.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eAnathem\u003c\/em\u003e, Neal Stephenson is continually rocking the literary world with his brazen and brilliant fictional creations—whether he’s reimagining the past (The Baroque Cycle), inventing the future (\u003cem\u003eSnow Crash\u003c\/em\u003e), or both (\u003cem\u003eCryptonomicon\u003c\/em\u003e). With \u003cem\u003eReamde\u003c\/em\u003e, this visionary author whose mind-stretching fiction has been enthusiastically compared to the work of Thomas Pynchon, Don DeLillo, Kurt Vonnegut, and David Foster Wallace—not to mention William Gibson and Michael Crichton—once again blazes new ground with a high-stakes thriller that will enthrall his loyal audience, science and science fiction, and espionage fiction fans equally. The breathtaking tale of a wealthy tech entrepreneur caught in the very real crossfire of his own online fantasy war game, \u003cem\u003eReamde\u003c\/em\u003e is a new high—and a new world—for the remarkable Neal Stephenson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eNeal Stephenson, author of the #1 \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eAnathem\u003c\/em\u003e, returns to the terrain of his groundbreaking novels \u003cem\u003eSnow Crash\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Diamond Age\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eCryptonomicon\u003c\/em\u003e to deliver a high-intensity, high-stakes, action-packed adventure thriller in which a tech entrepreneur gets caught in the very real crossfire of his own online war game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1972, Richard Forthrast, the black sheep of an Iowa farming clan, fled to the mountains of British Columbia to avoid the draft. A skilled hunting guide, he eventually amassed a fortune by smuggling marijuana across the border between Canada and Idaho. As the years passed, Richard went straight and returned to the States after the U.S. government granted amnesty to draft dodgers. He parlayed his wealth into an empire and developed a remote resort in which he lives. He also created T’Rain, a multibillion-dollar, massively multiplayer online role-playing game with millions of fans around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut T’Rain’s success has also made it a target. Hackers have struck gold by unleashing \u003cem\u003eREAMDE\u003c\/em\u003e, a virus that encrypts all of a player’s electronic files and holds them for ransom. They have also unwittingly triggered a deadly war beyond the boundaries of the game’s virtual universe—and Richard is at ground zero.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRacing around the globe from the Pacific Northwest to China to the wilds of northern Idaho and points in between, \u003cem\u003eReamde\u003c\/em\u003e is a swift-paced thriller that traverses worlds virtual and real. Filled with unexpected twists and turns in which unforgettable villains and unlikely heroes face off in a battle for survival, it is a brilliant refraction of the twenty-first century, from the global war on terror to social media, computer hackers to mobsters, entrepreneurs to religious fundamentalists. Above all, \u003cem\u003eReamde\u003c\/em\u003e is an enthralling human story—an entertaining and epic page-turner from the extraordinary Neal Stephenson.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“[A] rip-roaring race through computer hacking and guns, China and North America, virtual reality and terrorism. ” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times (London) on REAMDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“After a decade of novels set in 18th century Europe and in alternate universes, Neal Stephenson triumphantly returns as a bestselling author to contemporary America.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ewww.fantasyliterature.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stephenson, best-known for his genre-hopping novels, tackles tech-terrorism in Reamde.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eOakPark.Patch.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A story that, despite its gargantuan heft, speeds along like a bullet train....The depth of the story, the attention to detail, the interlocking narratives and fine characterizations mark REAMDE as an immersive literary experience.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Tribune on REAMDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“REAMDE combines meticulous observation of the stranger socioeconomic effects wrought by technology with rousing fusillades of adventure.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian on REAMDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stephenson somehow makes his crazy setup entirely plausible and tons of fun.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKnoxville News-Sentinel on REAMDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[REAMDE] is, without a doubt, one of the smartest, fastest-moving, and most consistently enjoyable novels of the year, a book with the rare distinction of being one this reviewer wishes he had written.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Examiner on REAMDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In less masterful hands, this pile-up of implausible coincidences, madcap romance, technological mayhem and nail-biting suspense might have been a train wreck, but Stephenson pulls it off. REAMDE has one of the most satisfyingly over-the-top endings of anything I’ve read in years. ” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post Book World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eReamde\u003c\/i\u003e is an entertainment, an enormous, giddily complex one. There’s no telling what Stephenson might be planning for his next novel, but now’s the time to dive into a first-rate intellectual thriller without fear of being overwhelmed by its virtuosity.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle on REAMDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Expertly crafted and often gorgeously written.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe on REAMDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Even at a thousand pages, \u003ci\u003eReamde\u003c\/i\u003e is sprightly enough to jump between 9 or 10 plot threads without getting tangled up in itself.…[A]n addicitve reading experience. You don’t so much read the book as tear whole hundred-page chunk out of it with your eyes.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eStranger magazine on REAMDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“It’s hard to sum up a 1,000 page tome in a short review, so if you don’t feel like reading this rather long one, I’ll boil it down to three words: I loved it.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTor.com on REAMDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Stephenson] makes reading so much fun it feels like a deadly sin.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eInternational Herald Tribune on REAMDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Noir futurist Stephenson returns to cyberia with this fast-moving though sprawling techno-thriller...Who’ll prevail? We don’t know till the very end, thanks to Stephenson’s knife-sharp skills as a storyteller. An intriguing yarn—most geeky, and full of statisfying mayhem.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews (starred review) on REAMDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stephenson...delivers a sprawling thriller that shows him in complete control of his story.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly on REAMDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stephenson’s REAMDE: perfectly executed, mammoth, ambitious technothriller...a triumph, all 980 pages of it.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCory Doctorow, boingboing.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Nobody else writes like Stephenson” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePress Association (England) on REAMDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Neal Stephenson has guts, a killer story, and—for the first time since \u003ci\u003eCryptonomicon\u003c\/i\u003e—a thriller I can thoroughly recommend to any reader....With REAMDE we have a very smart page-turner—a global chess game expertly played.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMental_Floss on REAMDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“REAMDE is...one big, carefully choreographed, jet-set square-dance of mayhem.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBloomberg News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sometimes when you’re reading Neal Stephenson, he doesn’t just seem like one of the best novelists writing in English right now; he seems like the \u003ci\u003eonly\u003c\/i\u003e one.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLev Grossman, Time magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“There’s an intellectual pill buried deep in Mr. Stephenson’s narrative candy, one powerful enough that he deserves to be classified as a major national and international resource.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal on REAMDE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44889182666981,"sku":"NP9780061977961","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780061977961.jpg?v=1730230700","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/reamde-a-novel-isbn-9780061977961","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}