The Cobweb

American historian (born November 26, 1941), a specialist in Russian and Soviet history who taught at Oklahoma State University and co-authored the textbook series \"Civilization Past & Present.\" He is the uncle of novelist Neal Stephenson, with whom he co-wrote \"Interface\" (1994) and \"The Cobweb\" (1996) under the pen name J. Frederick George, the two collectively publishing as \"Stephen Bury.\"

Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer and game designer known for his works of speculative fiction. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, and baroque. Stephenson's work explores subjects such as mathematics, cryptography, linguistics, philosophy, currency, and the history of science. He also writes non-fiction articles about technology in publications such as Wired. He has also written novels with his un...