The Big U

E-128: Vintage. Very Good-. 1984. First Edition; First Printing. Paperback. Trade PB. 8vo. Published by Vintage Paperback, New York. 1984. 307 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelfwear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The New York Times Book Review called Neal Stephenson's most recent novel "electrifying" and "hilarious". But if you want to know Stephenson was doing twenty years before he wrote the epic Cryptonomicon, it's back-to-school time. Back to The Big U, that is, a hilarious send-up of American college life starring after years our of print, The Big U is required reading for anyone interested in the early work of this singular writer. Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American author and game designer known for his works of speculative fiction. The Big U (1984) is Neal Stephenson's first published novel, a satire of campus life. The story chronicles the disillusionment of a number of young intellectuals as they encounter the realities of the higher education establishment parodied in the story. Over time their lives and sanity disintegrate in different ways through a series of escalating events that culminates with a full scale civil war raging on the campus of American Megaversity. EB; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 307 pages .