Audiobooks by Neal Stephenson

"Considerada «la novela de culto de los hackers», Criptonomicón ha conseguido seducir a cien mil lectores en castellano y convertirse en uno de los títulos míticos de la ciencia ficción moderna desde su publicación en Nova. La presente edición en un solo volumen sirve para acercar a Neal Stephenson, uno de los autores más hipnóticos del género, a una nueva generación de lectores con su obra más emblemática, galardonada con el premio Locus y definida como «un bombazo a la línea de flotación de tus neuronas», según The New York Times Book Review. En 1942, Larence Pritchard Waterhouse, genio matemático y joven capitán de la Marina estadounidense, es asignado a colaborar con Bobby Shaftoe en una misión secreta que consiste en descifrar los códigos de las potencias del Eje. De este modo se pretende evitar que los nazis perciban que la Inteligencia aliada ha descubierto el sistema de cifrado de su mítico código Enigma. Sesenta años más tarde, Randy Waterhouse, brillante «criptohacker», proyecta la creación en el Sureste asiático de un paraíso de datos y el mayor exponente de la libertad informática: la Cripta. Cuando los gobiernos y las multinacionales atacan este proyecto, Randy se alía con Amy, la nieta de Shaftoe, para intentar rescatar un submarino nazi hundido en el que se encuentra la clave para mantener a flote el sueño de la Cripta. Su estratagema pronto saca a la luz una gigantesca conspiración y un código indescifrable llamado Aretusa. Y representa la aparición de un camino hacia un futuro de riqueza y libertad personal y digital... o tal vez hacia un universo en el que renazca el totalitarismo."

Neal Stephenson (Author), Hermógenes Alonso (Narrator)

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[Italian] - Snow Crash

"AMERICA, FINE DEL VENTESIMO SECOLO. In una società dominata da un capitalismo selvaggio e preda delle grosse corporation che hanno sostituito i governi collassati, tra scorie atomiche e periferie postindustriali, l'unico rifugio è nel Metaverso. Chi può, abbandona la Realtà e sceglie di vivere nel mondo virtuale generato dai computer, dove libertà e piaceri sono limitati solo dall'immaginazione. Ma tutto cambia quando uno strano virus informatico, chiamato Snow Crash, inizia a diffondersi tra gli hacker. L'unica speranza dell'umanità è il meno probabile degli eroi: l'hacker freelance Hiro, fattorino per CosaNostra Pizza nella Realtà e mago del katana nel Metaverso. Capolavoro e summa del post-cyberpunk, a metà strada tra Neuromante e Ready Player One, Snow Crash è uno di quei romanzi capaci di ridefinire i confini di un genere, l'opera che ha fatto conoscere il talento narrativo di Neal Stephenson, il «poeta del calcolo che sceglie di scrivere con la stilografica», come lo definì Bruce Sterling. contributori LE Alessio Talamo"

Neal Stephenson (Author), Alessio Talamo (Narrator)

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[Spanish] - Seveneves

"Neal Stephenson combina ciencia, filosofía, tecnología, psicología y literatura en una excelente obra de ficción especulativa que nos ofrece un retrato de un futuro simultáneamente extraordinario y reconocible. Neal Stephenson vuelve con su mejor obra desde Criptonomicón, un golpe de autoridad en la ciencia ficción actual que ha logrado colarse en la lista de más vendidos del New York Times, crear una gran expectación ante su publicación, convencer unánimamente a la crítica y los lectores y convertirse en uno de los diez libros de ficción científica más vendidos en 2015 en Estados Unidos. Es, pues, en palabras de Booklist, «un libro destinado a dominar tus lecturas anuales de ciencia ficción», al afrontar algunos de nuestros desafíos más desconcertantes en una historia atrevida, absorbente y absolutamente brillante. ¿Qué sucedería si llegase el fin del mundo? Cuando un hecho catastrófico convierte la Tierra en una bomba de relojería, se inicia una carrera desenfrenada contra lo inevitable. Las principales naciones del mundo elaboran un ambicioso plan para garantizar la supervivencia de la humanidad más allá de nuestra atmósfera. Pero los intrépidos pioneros sufren todo tipo de peligros imprevistos, hasta que solo queda un puñado de supervivientes... Cinco mil años después, sus descendientes -siete razas diferenciadas que conforman una población de tres mil millones de personas- se embarcan en otro audaz viaje a lo desconocido, hacia un mundo alienígena totalmente transformado por el tiempo y los cataclismos: la Tierra. Reseñas... «Una obra maestra de la ciencia ficción hard que todo fan del género debería leer.» Library Journal «Los personajes centrales de Stephenson, en su mayoría mujeres, sirven como un correctivo necesario a los clichés del género.» Chicago Tribune «Una novela de grandes ideas, pero también de personalidades, de corazones, y de una clase particular de esperanza que solo aparece en las novelas de Stephenson.» BookPage"

Neal Stephenson (Author), Isa Puchol, Pere Molina (Narrator)

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Polostan

"'Inventive' THE TIMES From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Termination Shock and Cryptonomicon, the first installment in a monumental new trilogy—an expansive historical epic of intrigue and international espionage, presaging the dawn of the Atomic Age. Born in the American West to a clan of cowboy anarchists, Dawn Rae Bjornberg is raised in post-Revolution Leningrad by her father, a party-line Leninist who re-christens her Aurora. She spends her early years in Russia but then grows up as a teenager in Montana, before being drawn into gun-running and revolution in the streets of Washington, D.C. during the depths of the Great Depression. When a surprising revelation about her past puts her in the crosshairs of U.S. authorities, Dawn returns to Russia, where she is groomed as a spy by the organization that later becomes the KGB… Set against the turbulent decades of the early 20th century, Polostan is an inventive, richly detailed, and deeply entertaining historical epic, and the start of a captivating new series from Neal Stephenson."

Neal Stephenson (Author), January LaVoy (Narrator)

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Termination Shock

"The #1 New York Times bestselling author returns with a visionary technothriller about climate change ‘Stephenson’s reputation as a sci-fi titan is deserved’ Sunday Times ‘His most visionary, and timely, book yet’ Chicago Review of Books ‘Absorbing speculative fiction’ Guardian ‘Brilliantly entertaining… at science fiction’s cutting edge’ SFX ‘Ingenious and sometimes prophetic’ Telegraph Neal Stephenson’s sweeping, prescient new novel transports readers to a near-future world where the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and virulent, deadly pandemics. One man has a Big Idea for reversing global warming, a master plan perhaps best described as “elemental.” But will it work? And just as important, what are the consequences for the planet and all of humanity should it be applied? As only Stephenson can, Termination Shock sounds a clarion alarm, ponders potential solutions and dire risks, and wraps it all together in an exhilarating, witty, mind-expanding speculative adventure."

Neal Stephenson (Author), Edoardo Ballerini (Narrator)

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Fall; or, Dodge in Hell: A Novel

"A New York Times Notable Book The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Seveneves, Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon returns with a wildly inventive and entertaining science fiction thriller—Paradise Lost by way of Philip K. Dick—that unfolds in the near future, in parallel worlds. In his youth, Richard “Dodge” Forthrast founded Corporation 9592, a gaming company that made him a multibillionaire. Now in his middle years, Dodge appreciates his comfortable, unencumbered life, managing his myriad business interests, and spending time with his beloved niece Zula and her young daughter, Sophia. One beautiful autumn day, while he undergoes a routine medical procedure, something goes irrevocably wrong. Dodge is pronounced brain dead and put on life support, leaving his stunned family and close friends with difficult decisions. Long ago, when a much younger Dodge drew up his will, he directed that his body be given to a cryonics company now owned by enigmatic tech entrepreneur Elmo Shepherd. Legally bound to follow the directive despite their misgivings, Dodge’s family has his brain scanned and its data structures uploaded and stored in the cloud, until it can eventually be revived. In the coming years, technology allows Dodge’s brain to be turned back on. It is an achievement that is nothing less than the disruption of death itself. An eternal afterlife—the Bitworld—is created, in which humans continue to exist as digital souls. But this brave new immortal world is not the Utopia it might first seem . . . Fall, or Dodge in Hell is pure, unadulterated fun: a grand drama of analog and digital, man and machine, angels and demons, gods and followers, the finite and the eternal. In this exhilarating epic, Neal Stephenson raises profound existential questions and touches on the revolutionary breakthroughs that are transforming our future. Combining the technological, philosophical, and spiritual in one grand myth, he delivers a mind-blowing speculative literary saga for the modern age. © 2019 by Neal Stephenson. ℗ 2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved."

Neal Stephenson (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator)

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The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.

"You think you know how the world works? Think again. 21st Century America Magic has faded from the minds of mankind, until an encounter between Melisande Stokes, linguistics expert at Harvard, and Tristan Lyons, shadowy agent of government, leads to the uncovering of a distant past. After translating a series of ancient texts, Melisande and Tristan discover the connection between science, magic and time travel and so the Department of Diachronic Operations – D.O.D.O. – is hastily brought into existence. Its mission: to develop a device that will send their agents back to the past, where they can stop magic from disappearing and alter the course of history. But when you interfere with the past, there’s no telling what you might find in your future… Written with genius and complexity, this vividly realised novel will make you believe the impossible, and question the very foundations of the modern world."

Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland (Author), Arthur Morey, Charlie Thurston, David Stifel, James Foster, Joe Barrett, Kate Udall, Laural Merlington, Laurence Bouvard, Luke Daniels, Robert Fass, Shelley Atkinson, Tavia Gilbert, Will Damron (Narrator)

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Seveneves

"The astounding new novel from the master of science fiction President Barack Obama’s summer reading choice What would happen if the world were ending? When a catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb, it triggers a feverish race against the inevitable. An ambitious plan is devised to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere. But unforeseen dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain… Five thousand years later, their progeny – seven distinct races now three billion strong – embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown, to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth. A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is at once extraordinary and eerily recognizable. He explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant."

Neal Stephenson (Author), Peter Brooke (Narrator)

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The Mongoliad: Book Three

"The final book of the Mongoliad trilogy from Neal Stephenson and company tells the gripping personal stories of medieval freedom fighters to form an epic, imaginative recounting of a moment in history when a world in peril relied solely on the courage of its people. The shadow of Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II hangs over the shattered Holy Roman Church as the cardinals remain deadlocked, unable to choose a new pope. Only the Binders and a mad priest have a hope of uniting the Church against the invading Mongol host. An untested band of young warriors stands against the dissolute Khan, fighting for glory and freedom in the Khan’s sadistic circus of swords, and the brave band of Shield-Brethren who set out to stop the Mongol threat single-handedly race against their nemesis before he can raise the entire empire against them. Veteran knight Feronantus, haunted by his life in exile, leads the dwindling company of Shield-Brethren to their final battle, molding them into a team that will outlast him. No good hero lives forever. Or fights alone."

Cooper Moo, Erik Bear, Greg Bear, Joseph Brassey, Mark Teppo, Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland (Author), Luke Daniels (Narrator)

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The Mongoliad: Book Two

"This riveting second installment in Stephenson and company’s epic tale focuses on the aftermath of the world-shattering Mongolian invasion of 1241 and the difficult paths undertaken by its most resilient survivors. The Shield Brethren, an order of warrior monks, search for a way to overthrow the horde, even as the invaders take its members hostage. Forced to fight in the Mongols’ Circus of Swords, Haakon must prove his mettle or lose his life in the ring. His bravery may impress the enemy, but freedom remains a distant dream. Father Rodrigo receives a prophecy from God and believes it’s his mission to deliver the message to Rome. Though a peaceful man, he resigns himself to take up arms in the name of his Lord. Joining his fight to save Christendom are the hunter Ferenc, orphan Ocyrhoe, healer Raphael, and alchemist Yasper, each searching for his place in history. Deftly blending fact and fantasy, The Mongoliad: Book Two captures the indomitable will to survive against immense odds."

Cooper Moo, Erik Bear, Greg Bear, Joseph Brassey, Mark Teppo, Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland (Author), Luke Daniels (Narrator)

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The Mongoliad: Book One

"The first novel to be released in The Foreworld Saga, The Mongoliad: Book One, is an epic-within-an-epic, taking place in 13th century. In it, a small band of warriors and mystics raise their swords to save Europe from a bloodthirsty Mongol invasion. Inspired by their leader (an elder of an order of warrior monks), they embark on a perilous journey and uncover the history of hidden knowledge and conflict among powerful secret societies that had been shaping world events for millennia. But the saga reaches the modern world via a circuitous route. In the late 19th century, Sir Richard F. Burton, an expert on exotic languages and historical swordsmanship, is approached by a mysterious group of English martial arts aficionados about translating a collection of long-lost manuscripts. Burton dies before his work is finished, and his efforts were thought lost until recently rediscovered by a team of amateur archaeologists in the ruins of a mansion in Trieste, Italy. From this collection of arcana, the incredible tale of The Mongoliad was recreated. Full of high adventure, unforgettable characters, and unflinching battle scenes, The Mongoliad ignites a dangerous quest where willpower and blades are tested and the scope of world-building is redefined. A note on this edition: The Mongoliad began as a social media experiment, combining serial story-telling with a unique level of interaction between authors and audience during the creative process. Since its original iteration, The Mongoliad has been restructured, edited, and rewritten under the supervision of its authors to create a more cohesive reading experience and will be published as a trilogy of novels. This edition is the definitive edition and is the authors’ preferred text."

Cooper Moo, Erik Bear, Greg Bear, Joseph Brassey, Mark Teppo, Neal Stephenson, Nicole Galland (Author), Luke Daniels (Narrator)

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Reamde

"“Stephenson has a once-in-a-generation gift: he makes complex ideas clear, and he makes them funny, heartbreaking, and thrilling.” —Time The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, 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 (Snow Crash), or both (Cryptonomicon). With Reamde, 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, Reamde is a new high—and a new world—for the remarkable Neal Stephenson."

Neal Stephenson (Author), Malcolm Hillgartner (Narrator)

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