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File: | File:Bathing and Reading - a Gnomon Chronicles Mystery.jpg|link=Bath Time for Books, Oh!|'''''[[Bath Time for Books, Oh!]]''''' is a short essay by Hiro Protagonist, winner of the 1992 World Bathing and Reading Trophy. | ||
File:Voronoi-diagram-color-commentators.jpg|link=Fantasy Voronoi diagram|'''[[Fantasy Voronoi diagram]]''' color commentators discussing recent scores from hotly contested '''Voronoi diagram matches'''. | File:Voronoi-diagram-color-commentators.jpg|link=Fantasy Voronoi diagram|'''[[Fantasy Voronoi diagram]]''' color commentators discussing recent scores from hotly contested '''Voronoi diagram matches'''. | ||
File:I'm thinking of a three-digit sequence from pi.jpg|link=I'm thinking of a three-digit sequence from pi|'''[[I'm thinking of a three-digit sequence from pi]]. Can you guess what it is?''' | File:I'm thinking of a three-digit sequence from pi.jpg|link=I'm thinking of a three-digit sequence from pi|'''[[I'm thinking of a three-digit sequence from pi]]. Can you guess what it is?''' | ||
File:Snow_Crash.jpg|link=The Deliverator (nonfiction)|"'''[[The Deliverator (nonfiction)|The Deliverator]]''' belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcategory. He's got esprit up to ''here''."<br>—''Snow Crash'' | |||
File:Personal Copters Prison Experiment.jpg|link=Personal Copters Prison Experiment|Upcoming add-on for '''[[Grand Theft Anathem]]''' to include Four-seat minicopters from '''[[Personal Copters Prison Experiment]]'''. | File:Personal Copters Prison Experiment.jpg|link=Personal Copters Prison Experiment|Upcoming add-on for '''[[Grand Theft Anathem]]''' to include Four-seat minicopters from '''[[Personal Copters Prison Experiment]]'''. | ||
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* ''[[Bath Time for Books, Oh!]]'' | |||
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] | * [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] | ||
* [[Fantasy Voronoi diagram]] | * [[Fantasy Voronoi diagram]] | ||
Revision as of 12:53, 9 August 2021
Grand Theft Anathem is a series of action-adventure reality television programs created by [REDACTED] and marketed by Polycosm Games.
Description
The name of the series references the term "grand theft auto", used in the United States for motor vehicle theft, and Anathem, a novel by Neal Stephenson.
Gameplay focuses on an open world where the player can complete missions to progress an overall story, as well as engage in various side activities.
Most of the gameplay revolves around number theory and computation, with occasional driving and shooting elements.
The games in the Grand Theft Anathem series are set in fictional locales modelled after real-life Neal Stephenson ference, at various points in novels from The Big U to Snow Crash to Cryptonomicon to the Baroque Trilogy to Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, as well as various "candid camera" moments in Neal Stephenson's life.
In the News
Bath Time for Books, Oh! is a short essay by Hiro Protagonist, winner of the 1992 World Bathing and Reading Trophy.
Fantasy Voronoi diagram color commentators discussing recent scores from hotly contested Voronoi diagram matches.
I'm thinking of a three-digit sequence from pi. Can you guess what it is?
"The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcategory. He's got esprit up to here."
—Snow Crash
Upcoming add-on for Grand Theft Anathem to include Four-seat minicopters from Personal Copters Prison Experiment.
Fiction cross-reference
- Bath Time for Books, Oh!
- Crimes against mathematical constants
- Fantasy Voronoi diagram
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- I'm thinking of a three-digit sequence from pi
- Mathematician
- Mathematics
- Personal Copters Prison Experiment
- Polycosm Games
- Ransom Note Wars
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Computation (nonfiction)
- Mathematician (nonfiction)
- Mathematics (nonfiction)
- Number theory (nonfiction)
- The Deliverator (nonfiction)
External links
- Post @ Twitter (20 July 2021)
- Neal Stephenson @ Wikipedia