<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Neal Stephenson's _Anathem_ is reminiscent of _New Sun_ in a number of ways, so much so that once, having momentarily forgotten the name of its hero, I found myself calling him 'Severian'. It may be that Stephenson is acknowledging this influence in naming a language (not a planet, as some have claimed) 'Orth'.<br>
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