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The Confusion

Neal Stephenson

First published 2004
Publisher William Morrow / HarperCollins
Format Hardcover
Type Novel
ISBN 0060523867
Pages 815

Notes

  • "First Edition" and complete number line indicating first printing on the copyright page: 04 05 06 07 08 WBC/QW 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
  • Month from code 0404 on front flap
  • The map is on the front endpapers.
  • The "Author's Note" says, "This volume contains two novels, Bonanza and Juncto, that take place concurrently during the span 1689-1702. Rather than present one, then the other, I have interleaved sections of one with sections of the other so that the two stories move forward in synchrony. It is hoped that being thus con-fused shall render them the less confusing to the Reader."
  • The epigraph on page 292 is from The Leibniz-Arnauld Correspondence, edited and translated by H. T. Mason. Published by Canchester University Press, Manchester, England, 1967.
  • The epgraph on page 646 is from Robert Merrihew Adams, Leibniz: Determinist, Theist, Idealist. Published by Oxford University Press, Oxford and New York, 1994.
  • The epigraph on page 707 is from G. W. Leibniz, Philosophical Essays, edited and translated by Roger Ariew and Daniel Hackett. Published by Hackett, Indianapolis, 1989.
  • Book design by Shubhani Sarkar
  • Illustration of crucible by Laura Hartman Maestro
  • Canadian price $39.95

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Awards

Year Award Category Status
2005 Locus Poll Award Best SF Novel Winner
2005 Prometheus Award Prometheus Award for Best Libertarian SF Novel Nominee/Finalist
2012 Locus Online 21st Century Science Fiction Novel Nominee/Finalist

Other Editions

Title Year Publisher Format Type Catalog ID Cover Artist Pages
The Confusion 2004 William Heinemann Hardcover Novel 815
The Confusion Cover 2005 Arrow Books Trade Paperback Novel 926
The Confusion Cover 2005 William Morrow / HarperCollins Hardcover Novel 816
The Confusion Cover 2005 Harper Perennial Trade Paperback Novel Willem van de Velde 815
The Confusion Cover 2008 Harper Perennial Trade Paperback Novel Willem van de Velde [16]+815+[16]
The Confusion Cover 2009 HarperCollins e-books eBook Novel
The Confusion Cover 2010 Audible Frontiers digital audio download Novel
The Confusion Cover 2012 Cornerstone Digital eBook Novel