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Neal Stephenson is a best-selling author, futurist, tech geek and swordsman whose works include Cryptonomicron, Seveneves, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash. He has also co-written several other books and graphic novels which we discuss in this episode. His latest book, Termination Shock goes into depth and detail about Sikh martial arts, which he had to research during the Covid lockdowns.
Of course, Neal’s main claim to fame is that he wrote the preface to my own Swordfighting for Writers, Game Designers and Martial Artists.
We cover an enormously wide range of topics in this episode, from fountain pens to working with Jeff Bezos building rockets. If you want to find anything in particular, the timestamps and related links are listed below:
Judging and Jeopardy, with Rebecca Glass
Fabris vs. Capoferro, with Reinier van Noort
Rocket Science and Cosmic Washing Machines, with Naziyah Mahmood
Living the Nobler Dream, with Christian Tobler
Episode 100: Duelling and a Day in the Life of Guy Windsor
A Two-Handed Sword to Fight a Griffin, with Marie Powell
Mastering Movement with Dan Edwardes
The Last Duel, or was it? With Ariella Elema
Frog DNA and Indonesia with Pradana
Laser Focus, Thought Control, and Jousting with Sarah Hay
Harps and Sharps with Andrew Lawrence-King
Startling Burglars with Ariel Anderssen
Monte with Mike
Forged in fire, quenched in oil. With Stephanie Aiuto
Swords in the Movies with Peter Lyon
Wooden Weapons and Wing Chun with Carina Cirrincione
A Whole Lot of Tasty Bolognese with Joshua Wiest
Ballet for Swordfighters with Anna Beard
The Two-Handed Sword with Neil Melville, and a Review of the Year
The Mathematics of Fencing with Pamela Muir
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