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  • In Anathem, Mathematics is a religion, with a priesthood, and its most devout adherents live cloistered lives in places very much like monasteries and go through their days robed and hooded, following rituals very much like monks and nuns did in medieval abbeys, except that their rituals are guided by "mathic" principles instead of theology.

    Lance Mannion: 2008

  • In Anathem, Mathematics is a religion, with a priesthood, and its most devout adherents live cloistered lives in places very much like monasteries and go through their days robed and hooded, following rituals very much like monks and nuns did in medieval abbeys, except that their rituals are guided by "mathic" principles instead of theology.

    Geographic regions not yet enlightened by the mathic world 2008

  • Their society—the "mathic" world—is clustered in walled-off areas known as concents built around giant clocks designed to last for centuries.

    Novelist Neal Stephenson Once Again Proves He's the King of the Worlds 2008

  • The avout live a monastic ( "mathic" in the parlance of the book) lifestyle dedicated to keeping ancient knowledge alive and protected from the outside world ( "extramuros" - which is a new favorite word).

    Baby Got Books 2008

  • Geographic regions not yet enlightened by the mathic world

    Geographic regions not yet enlightened by the mathic world 2008

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    Humanity as mildew 2008

  • Powerful unforeseen forces jeopardize the peaceful stability of mathic life and the established ennui of the Extramuros — a threat that only an unsteady alliance of saecular and avout can oppose — as, one by one, Erasmas and his colleagues, teachers, and friends are summoned forth from the safety of the concent in hopes of warding off global disaster.

    Update on Anathem (Neal Stephenson) | Fanatical Pupil 2008

  • Geographic regions not yet enlightened by the mathic world

    Lance Mannion: 2008

  • Powerful unforeseen forces jeopardize the peaceful stability of mathic life and the established ennui of the Extramuros — a threat that only an unsteady alliance of saecular and avout can oppose — as, one by one, Erasmas and his colleagues, teachers, and friends are summoned forth from the safety of the concent in hopes of warding off global disaster.

    2008 July | Fanatical Pupil 2008

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