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On social media
COWEN: You saw some of the downsides of social media earlier than most people did in Seveneves. It’s also in your new book, Fall. What’s the worst-case scenario for how social media evolved? And what’s the institutional failure? Why do many people think they’re screwing things up?
On what the future will look like
COWEN: Your idea of this smart book, which is in Diamond Age — do you think that will ever happen? There will be a primer that people use, and it’s online, and it will educate them and teach them how to be more disciplined?
On storytelling
COWEN: Now, you’re Neal Stephenson. What is the fundamental unique ability you have that maybe others do not?
On things under- and overrated
COWEN: Now, in the middle of all these conversations, we have a segment, overrated versus underrated. I’ll toss out some nominations. You give us your response. You’re free to pass, but the first one is Leibniz as a philosopher.
Come out and meet Neal
Come out and meet Neal and get your book signed during his tour for FALL; OR, DODGE IN HELL (on sale June 4). Details here and below.
FALL, OR DODGE IN HELL
My new novel, FALL, OR DODGE IN HELL, goes on sale in June 2019 in the USA. Info on tour & signed copies to follow. In the meantime, here’s the…
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O will be available in paperback on April 17th, 2018!
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O will be available in paperback on April 17th, 2018! Order your copy of this New York Times bestselling novel today: http://ads.harpercollins.com/athrweb?isbn=9780062409157&retailer=harpercollins&locale=US
The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O
I am pleased and proud that my collaboration with Nicole Galland, _The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O._, is now out in print!
SEVENEVES Community
The book tour has wound down, and in classic introvert fashion I am recharging my batteries in solitude and beginning to turn my thoughts toward future projects. In the meantime, my friends at Lithive have set up a community site for SEVENEVES.
SEVENEVES BOOK TOUR
Thanks to the folks at HarperCollins and various book stores and venues around the country, the SEVENEVES book tour schedule is coming together-- click here to see what we have so far.
