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To hype his new novel, Quicksilver, Neal Stephenson, despite relating

…the following quote from Umberto Eco: “I don’t even have an e-mail address. I have reached an age where my main purpose is not to receive messages.” In a recent review of one of my novels, I was described as “Umberto Eco without the charm” and so it should be pretty clear in what direction I am going.

has allowed himself to be interviewed .

A decade after Snow Crash, how do you feel when people still refer to you as cyberpunk?

Oh, it’s a great label. You get to wear black leather jackets and mirrored shades and be hip and cool as long as cyberpunk is hip and cool. But I think I’ve been recategorized as post-cyberpunk, so that’s over.

And I learned something I didn’t know: the Baroque Cycle trilogy is finished (or at least damn near) and the remaining two books will be coming out 6 months and a year from now, respectively.

I already have Quicksilver on hold at the library. (This is my new homeower-ese for “I’ve already ordered my copy.”)

While I’m racking up Stephenson links, check out Mother Earth, Mother Board , a long article on laying fiber optic cables (as well as telegraphy cables) he did for Wired.