Tuesday, September 9, 02008 7:00 PM

Neal Stephenson with be launching his new novel, Anathem, at a special even held in conjunction with the Long Now Foundation. The evening will include a reading by Neal, a follow-up conversation with Danny Hillis & Stewart Brand, and a short live concert of the music inspired by the book. There will also be a martial arts demonstration of Shovel-Fu from the book. The event will take place at The Regency Theatre, 1320 Van Ness @ Sutter, San Francisco.

Further details of the event are available here. To purchase tickets and pre-signed copies of the book, go to Brown Paper Tickets.

Not in San Francisco? You can watch the event live on the web at Fora.tv.