Neal Stephenson - "We Are All Geeks Now." July 18, 2008

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/05/08/Neal_Stephenson_Science_Fiction_as_a_Literary_Genre

Bestselling author Neal Stephenson discusses the popularity of science-fiction as a genre, arguing that "we are all geeks now."

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Neal Stephenson delivered a talk entitled The Fork: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture at Gresham College.

Four professors discuss the origins of science fiction, its overlap with other genres and its developments over more than a century.

Neal Stephenson is the best-selling author of such novels as Snow Crash, The Diamond Age, Cryptonomicon, and The Baroque Cycle. He is best know for writing science fiction (in the postcyberpunk genre) and his interests often lead him into investigations of society, mathematics, cryptology, currency and the history of science.