Neal Stephenson is one of the great American writers (many of his novels number-one bestsellers) renowned for works colossal in vision and mind-boggling in complexity which explore and blend a diversity of topics, including technology, economics, history, science, pop culture, and philosophy. He is also a leading thinker and commentator on many issues from mathematics, cryptography, philosophy, currency, to the history of science and technology. In this special event marking the publication of Some Remarks – a collection of his non-fiction – he looks at movies and politics, David Foster Wallace, video games and classics-based sci-fi; how geekdom has become cool and how science fiction has become mainstream (whether people admit it or not); the future of publishing and the origins of his novels. By turns amusing and profound, critical and celebratory, yet always entertaining, this evening will provide a fascinating insight into the mind of this extraordinary writer.