The Short List of Things to Do

A guide to what you should see and what you should skip — and what you won't be able to avoid

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What ever happened to the great novel of ideas? It has morphed into science fiction, and Stephenson is its foremost practitioner. Here he imagines a postapocalyptic world where cloistered monks keep the secrets of mathematics safe from the fallen civilization around them.

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