Anathem (edit title)

Shelfari edited the description of Anathem 2 weeks ago.

• Anathem , the latest invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle , is a magnificent creation: a work of great scope, intelligence, and imagination that ushers readers into a recognizable—yet strangely inverted—world. Fraa Erasmas is a young avout living in the Concent of Saunt Edhar, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside "saecular" world by ancient stone, honored traditions, and complex rituals. Over the centuries, cities and governments have risen and fallen beyond the concent's walls. Three times during history's darkest epochs violence born of superstition and ignorance has invaded and devastated the cloistered mathic community. Yet the avout have always managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe, becoming out of necessity even more austere and less dependent on technology and material things. And Erasmas has no fear of the outside—the Extramuros—for the last of the terrible times was long, long ago. Now, in celebration of the week-long, once-in-a-decade rite of Apert, the fraas and suurs prepare to venture beyond the concent's gates—at the same time opening them wide to welcome the curious "extras" in. During his first Apert as a fraa, Erasmas eagerly anticipates reconnecting with the landmarks and family he hasn't seen since he was "collected." But before the week is out, both the existence he abandoned and the one he embraced will stand poised on the brink of cataclysmic change. Powerful unforeseen forces jeopardize the peaceful stability of mathic life and the established ennui of the Extramuros—a threat that only an unsteady alliance of saecular and avout can oppose—as, one by one, Erasmas and his colleagues, teachers, and friends are summoned forth from the safety of the concent in hopes of warding off global disaster. Suddenly burdened with a staggering responsibility, Erasmas finds himself a major player in a drama that will determine the future of his world—as he sets out on an extraordinary odyssey that will carry him to the most dangerous, inhospitable corners of the planet . . . and beyond.

Timothy Gray approved Pequeño saltamontes’s request to combine 11 books, including Anathem, 4 weeks ago.

Pequeño saltamontes edited the awards of Anathem Tuesday, November 24 2009.

• Edited an award: Locus AwardLocus
• Added an award: Hugo
• Added category of an award: Hugo Best science fiction novel
• Checked finalist field of an award: Hugo

Pequeño saltamontes submitted a request to combine 11 books, including Anathem, Tuesday, November 24 2009.

Joel Carlson edited the awards of Anathem Tuesday, November 10 2009.

• Edited an award: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelAward
• Edited category of an award: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction NovelAward Best Science Fiction Novel

Joel Carlson edited the awards of Anathem Monday, November 9 2009.

• Added an award: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
• Added year of an award: Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 2009

Ulrich edited the characters of Anathem Monday, October 12 2009.

• Added the description of Erasmas: The protagonist of Anathem; a Decenarian fraa from the Concent of Saunt Edhar. The neglected son of slines, he was Collected by the concent at the age of eight.
• marked the description of Erasmas as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Orolo: A Decenarian fraa from the Concent of Saunt Edhar. He is an eminent cosmographer and Erasmas's mentor at the concent, but he's later Thrown Back for using forbidden technology to observe the Geometers before their existence is officially confirmed by the Sæcular Power.
• marked the description of Orolo as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Arsibalt: A Decenarian fraa from the Concent of Saunt Edhar and one of Erasmas's friends. The estranged son of a Bazian prelate, he seeks to reconcile religion with theorics.
• marked the description of Arsibalt as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Lio: A Decenarian fraa from the Concent of Saunt Edhar and one of Erasmas's friends. He's known as an absent-minded eccentric and is interested in military history, Vale-lore, and unusual gardening techniques.
• marked the description of Lio as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Jesry: A Decenarian fraa from the Concent of Saunt Edhar and one of Erasmas's friends. Unlike Erasmas, Jesry is from a prosperous burger family, and he is bored with the routine of mathic life preceding the arrival of the Geometers. He becomes famous for going into space with the Warden of Heaven, the head of the Sæcular Power, to investigate the Geometers' ship.
• marked the description of Jesry as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Ala: A Decenarian suur from the Concent of Saunt Edhar and later a major organizer of the Convox. Although they disliked each other as children, she and Erasmas become romantically involved in the course of the story.
• marked the description of Ala as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Jad: A Millenarian fraa from the Concent of Saunt Edhar. Jad is evoked in the same aut as Erasmas and accompanies him to Bly's Butte in search of Orolo. He later reappears at the Convox.
• marked the description of Jad as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Cord: Erasmas's half-sister and a machinesmith who lives extramuros near the Concent of Saunt Edhar. She accompanies Erasmas on his search for Orolo.
• marked the description of Cord as not a spoiler
• Added the description of Sammann: An Ita from the Concent of Saunt Edhar who accompanies Erasmas on his search for Orolo.
• marked the description of Sammann as not a spoiler

Ulrich edited the characters of Anathem Monday, October 12 2009.

• Removed the description of Zh'vaern: Aka Jules Verne Durand. Earthman
• Removed the spoiler-free description of Zh'vaern: Avout of the Matarrhite Order
• marked the description of Zh'vaern as a spoiler
• Removed a character: Fraa Arsibalt
• Removed the description of Warden of Heaven: Head of a religion that claims association with the mysteries of the Mathic world.
• marked the description of Warden of Heaven as not a spoiler
• Removed a character: Fraa Erasmas
• Removed the description of Fraa Paphlagon: Hundreder
• marked the description of Fraa Paphlagon as not a spoiler
• Removed a character: Fraa Orolo
• Removed the description of Fraa Lio: Erasmas' friend, fascinated with the Martial Arts.
• marked the description of Fraa Lio as not a spoiler
• Removed a character: Suur Tulia
• Removed the description of Fraa Jad: Hundreder
• marked the description of Fraa Jad as not a spoiler

Saul B edited the description of Anathem Sunday, September 20 2009.

• Anathem ,Anathem, the latest invention by the New York Times bestselling author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle ,Cycle, is a magnificent creation: a work of great scope, intelligence, and imagination that ushers readers into a recognizable—yet strangely inverted—world. Fraa Erasmas is a young avout living in the Concent of Saunt Edhar, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the outside "saecular"“saecular” world by ancient stone, honored traditions, and complex rituals. Over the centuries, cities and governments have risen and fallen beyond the concent'sconcent’s walls. Three times during history'shistory’s darkest epochs violence born of superstition and ignorance has invaded and devastated the cloistered mathic community. Yet the avout have always managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe, becoming out of necessity even more austere and less dependent on technology and material things. And Erasmas has no fear of the outside—the Extramuros—for the last of the terrible times was long, long ago. Now, in celebration of the week-long, once-in-a-decade rite of Apert, the fraas and suurs prepare to venture beyond the concent'sconcent’s gates—at the same time opening them wide to welcome the curious "extras"“extras” in. During his first Apert as a fraa, Erasmas eagerly anticipates reconnecting with the landmarks and family he hasn'thasn’t seen since he was "collected."“collected.” But before the week is out, both the existence he abandoned and the one he embraced will stand poised on the brink of cataclysmic change. Powerful unforeseen forces jeopardize the peaceful stability of mathic life and the established ennui of the Extramuros—a threat that only an unsteady alliance of saecular and avout can oppose—as, one by one, Erasmas and his colleagues, teachers, and friends are summoned forth from the safety of the concent in hopes of warding off global disaster. Suddenly burdened with a staggering responsibility, Erasmas finds himself a major player in a drama that will determine the future of his world—as he sets out on an extraordinary odyssey that will carry him to the most dangerous, inhospitable corners of the planet . . .planet… and beyond.

Saul B edited the table of contents of Anathem Sunday, September 20 2009.

• 1. Provener
  2. Apert
  3. Eliger
  4. Anathem
  5. Voco
  6. Peregrin
  7. Feral
  8. Orithena
  9. Inbrase
  10. Messal
  11. Advent
  12. Requiem
  13. Reconstitution