The System of the World (novel)

The System of the World
AuthorNeal Stephenson
LanguageEnglish
SeriesThe Baroque Cycle
GenreHistorical novel
PublisherWilliam Morrow
Publication date
September 21, 2004
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages912 (first edition, hardback)
ISBN0-06-052387-5 (first edition, hardback)
OCLC55036877
813/.54 22
LC ClassPS3569.T3868 S97 2004
Preceded byThe 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.

  1. ^ a b "2005 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-21.