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[[File:Grand Theft Anathem.jpg|thumb|Earliest known promotional material for Grand Theft Anathem.]]'''Grand Theft Anathem''' is a series of action-adventure reality television programs created by [REDACTED]. | [[File:Grand Theft Anathem.jpg|thumb|Earliest known promotional material for Grand Theft Anathem.]][[File:Grand Theft Anathem - The Perfect Setting for a Boss Battle.jpg|thumb|The perfect setting for a Boss Battle.]][[File:Grand Theft Anathem - Big Nugget Expansion Pack.jpg|thumb|'''Grand Theft Anathem''' - Big Nugget Expansion Pack.]][[File:Grand Theft Anathem - Kabul Airport Clock.jpg|thumb|'''Grand Theft Anathem: Kabul Airport Clock'''.]]'''Grand Theft Anathem''' is a series of action-adventure reality television programs created by [REDACTED] and marketed by [[Polycosm Games]]. | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
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The name of the series references the term "grand theft auto", used in the United States for motor vehicle theft, and ''[[Anathem (nonfiction)|Anathem]]'', a novel by Neal Stephenson. | The name of the series references the term "grand theft auto", used in the United States for motor vehicle theft, and ''[[Anathem (nonfiction)|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. | 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 (nonfiction)|number theory]] and [[Computation (nonfiction)|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. | 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. | ||
== Kabul Airport Clock == | |||
"Kabul Airport Clock" is an expansion pack for Grand Theft Anagram which introduces a new Saecular-oriented storyline. | |||
<blockquote> | |||
Can the Saeculars airlift the Avout to safety before the Ten-Thousand-Year Apert gate opens? | |||
Bonus Chalk-Hall Cage Match— | |||
Halikaarnian Logic versus Procian Mana | |||
</blockquote> | |||
== In the News == | == In the News == | ||
<gallery> | <gallery> | ||
File:Fatal Recall.jpg|link=Fatal Recall|'''''[[Fatal Recall]]''''' is a 2021 automotive industry training film about the hidden costs of recalling vehicles. Narration: Sharon Stone, Arnold Schwarzenegger. | |||
File:Anathem_-_The_Dark_Fraa.jpg|link=The Dark Fraa|'''''[[The Dark Fraa]]''''' (also '''''Incantors and Rhetors: The Dark Fraa''''' in Extramuros markets) is an autonomous artificially intelligence film based on '''[[Grand Theft Anathem]]'''. | |||
File:Grand Theft Auto - Weigh Station.jpg|link=Grand Theft Auto: Weigh Station|'''''[[Grand Theft Auto: Weigh Station]]''''' is a resource management adventure video game which follows a trucker who climbs in status within his company by rigorously maintaining his vehicle's cargo capacity and weight. | |||
File:Aleph-Null Boy.jpg|link=Aleph-Null Boy|'''''[[Aleph-Null Boy]]''''' is an animated children's superhero set theory educational television series. | |||
File:In Search of Anathem.jpg|link=In Search of Anathem|'''''[[In Search of Anathem]]''''' is an American television series hosted by Leonard Nimoy and Neal Stephenson which is devoted to monastic ratiocination. | |||
File:APTO - True must never equal False.jpg|link=Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization|"True must never equal False" is the battle cry of '''[[Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization]]'''. | |||
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: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]]'''. | |||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* ''[[Aleph-Null Boy]]'' | |||
* [[Anathem Festival]] | |||
* ''[[Bath Time for Books, Oh!]]'' | |||
* [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] | * [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] | ||
* [[Fantasy Voronoi diagram]] | |||
* ''[[Fatal Recall]]'' | |||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | * [[Gnomon algorithm]] | ||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | * [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | ||
* ''[[Grand Theft Auto: Weigh Station]]'' | |||
* [[I'm thinking of a three-digit sequence from pi]] | |||
* ''[[In Search of Anathem]]'' | |||
* [[Mathematician]] | * [[Mathematician]] | ||
* [[Mathematics]] | * [[Mathematics]] | ||
* [[Personal Copters Prison Experiment]] | |||
* [[Polycosm Games]] | |||
* [[Ransom Note Wars]] | |||
* ''[[The Dark Fraa]]'' | |||
== Nonfiction cross-reference == | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Computation (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[Mathematician (nonfiction)]] | * [[Mathematician (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]] | * [[Mathematics (nonfiction)]] | ||
* [[Number theory (nonfiction)]] | |||
* [[The Deliverator (nonfiction)]] | |||
== External links == | == External links == | ||
* [ | {{Template:Ext links: Anathem}} | ||
{{Template:Ext links: Grand Theft Auto}} | |||
=== Social media === | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1646537979802812418 Post] @ Twitter (13 April 2023) | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1514260339197677577 Post] @ Twitter (13 April 2022) | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1431356396038246403 Post] @ Twitter (27 August 2021) - [[Kabul Airport Clock]] | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1430875623996764161 Post] @ Twitter (26 August 2021) | |||
* [https://twitter.com/GnomonChronicl1/status/1417520025653612547 Post] @ Twitter (20 July 2021) | |||
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[[Category:Anathem (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Anathem (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Automobiles (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Computation (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Crime (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Games (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Games (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Guns (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Mathematics (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Mathematics (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Number theory (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Neal Stephenson (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Neal Stephenson (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Violence (nonfiction)]] | |||
[[Category:Weapons (nonfiction)]] | |||
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Latest revision as of 10:40, 11 December 2023
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.
Kabul Airport Clock
"Kabul Airport Clock" is an expansion pack for Grand Theft Anagram which introduces a new Saecular-oriented storyline.
Can the Saeculars airlift the Avout to safety before the Ten-Thousand-Year Apert gate opens?
Bonus Chalk-Hall Cage Match—
Halikaarnian Logic versus Procian Mana
In the News
Fatal Recall is a 2021 automotive industry training film about the hidden costs of recalling vehicles. Narration: Sharon Stone, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The Dark Fraa (also Incantors and Rhetors: The Dark Fraa in Extramuros markets) is an autonomous artificially intelligence film based on Grand Theft Anathem.
Grand Theft Auto: Weigh Station is a resource management adventure video game which follows a trucker who climbs in status within his company by rigorously maintaining his vehicle's cargo capacity and weight.
Aleph-Null Boy is an animated children's superhero set theory educational television series.
In Search of Anathem is an American television series hosted by Leonard Nimoy and Neal Stephenson which is devoted to monastic ratiocination.
"True must never equal False" is the battle cry of Algorithmic Paradigm Treaty Organization.
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
- Aleph-Null Boy
- Anathem Festival
- Bath Time for Books, Oh!
- Crimes against mathematical constants
- Fantasy Voronoi diagram
- Fatal Recall
- Gnomon algorithm
- Gnomon Chronicles
- Grand Theft Auto: Weigh Station
- I'm thinking of a three-digit sequence from pi
- In Search of Anathem
- Mathematician
- Mathematics
- Personal Copters Prison Experiment
- Polycosm Games
- Ransom Note Wars
- The Dark Fraa
Nonfiction cross-reference
- Computation (nonfiction)
- Mathematician (nonfiction)
- Mathematics (nonfiction)
- Number theory (nonfiction)
- The Deliverator (nonfiction)
External links
- Anathem @ Wikipedia
- Neal Stephenson on Anathem: The genesis of the novel and its main ideas @ Wikipedia
- Grand Theft Auto @ Wikipedia
Social media
- Fiction (nonfiction)
- Anathem (nonfiction)
- Automobiles (nonfiction)
- Computation (nonfiction)
- Crime (nonfiction)
- Games (nonfiction)
- Guns (nonfiction)
- Mathematics (nonfiction)
- Number theory (nonfiction)
- Neal Stephenson (nonfiction)
- Violence (nonfiction)
- Weapons (nonfiction)
- Crimes against mathematical constants
- Games
- Grand Theft Anathem
- Mathematics