Iolet Music World Anathem
According to Al Billings, who received an advanced reader copy of Anathem, Neal Stephenson’s upcoming new novel, the book came with a CD of seven musical tracks with titles like “Proof Using Finite Projective Geometry” and “Sixteen Color Prime Generating Automation.” Writes Al:
[F]rankly, this is some weird shit… The musical styles are all over the map except that they all only use human voices (and occasionally hands).
I wonder if they are algorithmic compositions of some sort. I’m once again anxious to read the next 1,000 page Stephenson novel.
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The phrase "1,000 page Stephenson novel" just makes me tired.
It makes me tired, too... of non-1,000 page Neal Stephenson novels!
I wish this time it was a quadriligy. Oh well.
I can't seem to figure this out: did Stephenson himself do the music? I thought he only listens to speed metal. Did he work with someone on it? It's a neat idea, the CD with the book, but also sort of endearingly archaic.
Cory Doctorow on BoingBoing says this guy did the music.
Anyone who includes sound, wine and cheese under the rubric "synthesist" and then identifies him/herself thusly is alright in my book.