Neal Stephenson (1959) American science fiction writer
Neal Stephenson coins the term "text literacy" during interview for the article "Pushing the Edge With 'Diamond Age' Nano-Machines," Associated Press, May 10, 1995
“Literacy is sorcery itself in the hinterland.”
Source: Short Fiction, Bone Eaters (2015), p. 229
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