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Seveneves

by Neal Stephenson
Seveneves

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ISBN10: 0062334514
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Neal Stephenson’s books seem to either have devoted fans or vocal detractors, and Seveneves is perhaps the most polarizing book I’ve ever read! I have always enjoyed books that break the conventions of storytelling, and while I was initially shocked at where Stephenson takes Seveneves two-thirds of the way through the novel, I quickly found myself happily along for the ride. Seveneves explores what humanity will do when the moon inexplicably breaks apart, eventually hurtling life on earth towards a global extinction event. The goal is to convert the ISS into an Ark and create a new beginning for the human race. Seveneves embraces Stephenson’s signature deep dives into a lot of (very cool) science. But it is also an epic nail-biter of a tale with great characters that you will root for with every fiber of your being. Recommended By Lesley A., Powells.com

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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.

What would happen if the world were ending?

A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.

But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain . . .

Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.

A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is both extraordinary and eerily recognizable. As he did in Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.

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“The huge scope and enormous depth of the latest novel from Stephenson is impressive… a major work of hard sf that all fans of the genre should read.” Library Journal (starred review)

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“Stephenson’s remarkable novel is deceptively complex, a disaster story and transhumanism tale that serves as the delivery mechanism for a series of technical and sociological visions… there’s a ton to digest, but Stephenson’s lucid prose makes it worth the while.” Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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“No slim fables or nerdy novellas for Stephenson: his visions are epic, and he requires whole worlds-and, in this case, solar systems-to accommodate them....Wise, witty, utterly well-crafted science fiction.” Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Neal Stephenson is the author of Reamde, Anathem, and the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World), as well as Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, and Zodiac. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

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ADavidson , March 20, 2018
I read this book when it came out and nearly three years later it remains with me powerfully. Simply as a meditation on our attachment to things, it's haunting. I love scifi as a genre, but I still find multifaceted female characters fairly rare in male-authored books, but it's those characters that make the Seveneves so sticky and in turn so powerful. As his young men in Cryptomicon drove that endless story, Dinah et al drive this one while remaining solidly in hard scifi territory.

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Jeffrey Bluhm , November 05, 2016 (view all comments by Jeffrey Bluhm)
While I've always enjoyed Stephenson's books, I was particularly anticipating the arrival of Seveneves after what I thought was the overwhelming success of Reamde. I found myself a bit disappointed, though specifying reasons, without sounding like an arrogant critic, is challenging. Seveneves is epic in scope, which somewhat limits the depth with which the main characters can be developed. The jump to the far future, at the 2/3 point of the novel, doesn't help, as we lose the characters we've been following and are introduced to an entirely new cast for the last third. The science seems well grounded, and is explained with Stephenson's usual thoroughness throughout. (Stop here to avoid a minor spoiler alert) The length to which various segments of humanity go to accentuate their origins, in the latter third of the novel, seems more calculated to allow the author to create differences, primarily to fuel conflict, rather than to speculate how the remnants of humanity might evolve in the proposed scenario. Given the choice of one end-of-the-world novel, I think I'd choose Lucifer's Hammer (by Niven and Pournelle). One cannot deny the ambition behind Seveneves, but I think the final effort may have fallen short of the author's best work.

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ISBN:
9780062334510
Binding:
Trade Paperback
Publication date:
05/17/2016
Publisher:
WILLIAM MORROW & COMPANY INC
Pages:
880
Height:
1.40IN
Width:
5.20IN
Author:
Neal Stephenson
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