Author | Neal Stephenson |
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Language | English |
Series | The Baroque Cycle |
Genre | Historical novel |
Publisher | William Morrow |
Publication date | September 21, 2004 |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
Pages | 912 (first edition, hardback) |
ISBN | 0-06-052387-5 (first edition, hardback) |
OCLC | 55036877 |
813/.54 22 | |
LC Class | PS3569.T3868 S97 2004 |
Preceded by | The Confusion |
The System of the World is a novel by Neal Stephenson and the third and final volume in The Baroque Cycle. The title alludes to the third volume of Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica, which bears the same name.
The System of the World won the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel[1] and the Prometheus Award in 2005, as well as a receiving a nomination for the Arthur C. Clarke Award[1] the same year.