Anathem - Neal Stephenson
Category: Sci-Fi
Tags: Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Fraa Erasmus is a young avout living in the Concent of Saunt Edhar, a sanctuary for mathematicians, scientists, and philosophers, protected from the corrupting influences of the Saecular world by ancient stone, honored traditions, and complex rituals., Over the centuries, cities, and governments have risen and fallen beyond the concents walls. Three times during historys darkest epochs, bloody violence born of superstition and ignorance has invaded and devastated the cloistered mathic community. Yet always the avout have managed to adapt in the wake of catastrophe, becoming out of necessity more austere and less dependent on technology and material things. Erasmus, however, has no fear of the outside - the Extramuros - for the last of the terrible times was long, long ago., Now, in celebration of the week-long, once-in-a-decade rite of Apert, the fras and suurs prepare to venture outside the concents gates - opening them wide at the same time to welcome the curious extras in., During h
