Seveneves - Neal Stephenson

Seveneves

ByNeal Stephenson

  • Release Date: 2015-05-19
  • Genre: Science Fiction
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 1,611 Ratings

Description

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking hard 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 a hastily built space ark.

But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges threaten the intrepid pioneers, turning their mission into a desperate survival story 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 post-apocalyptic 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.

Reviews

  • Interesting, but not compelling

    2
    By William Amaranth
    This is a marvelous technical manual on how society can adapt in the face of a terrifying and unexplained extinction event. In the margins, a story darts in and out of the technical treatises on gravitational pulls, orbital mechanics, and the importance of hydrogen in space. If you think the story is interesting, you’re not wrong - but every page of story development is surrounded by 10+ pages of technical jargon that I struggled to follow (with technical degrees from multiple prestigious schools, mind).

    There’s something interesting here, but unless you are keen to delve into mechanical details I’d give this one a pass or rent it from your local library.

  • Best I’ve read in a while

    5
    By MrBlanston
    No hints, no spoilers. Fantastic novel and there better be a sequel because I want to find out what happened to… we’ll see later…

  • Great read

    5
    By gmax94
    Only 5 star I have given for a sci-fi ever. Lost a fair amount of sleep turning the pages. The story line did not let me drift off as most book tend too. Thanks for the great entertainment!

  • Superb!

    5
    By Ph77
    Like two books, read it.

  • Decent and inventive, with only a couple forced plot points

    4
    By Sortul
    For the longest time I would rate this 5 stars. However, during my latest read through I realized a problem or two. The big one is that the seven eves act like once someone dies their DNA becomes useless, yet they also have the means to make genetic alterations. This means they have multiple copies of the Y chromosome, so no need to create it out of whole cloth.

    The other problem I have is that Markus/Dinah/Ivy would not have bothered with a risky operation of docking with Julia’s unauthorized ship. They would have gone over, attached the device and de-orbited the contraption with the least risk to their fuel and oxygen supplies.

  • Technical but enjoyable

    3
    By rdepart
    Overall good . Great story. Lots of physics and engineering speak but not having much knowledge about such things i could understand enough to enjoy reading on. I hope it’s even more interesting if you are knowledgeable about the science.

  • What a ride!

    5
    By yermamasboyfriend
    Stayed up way to late a few times turning pages. Very entertaining and thought provoking.

  • Took some time!

    5
    By Shiggityshoogaty
    Absolutely loved this book, I’m not a technically minded person so it took me a long time to work through and be able to imagine the machines and situations presented in the book. But it’s an absolute banger and was worth every minute of my time.

  • Too long

    1
    By fgvdtju
    Way way too much math. If i wanted a lesson in astrophysics i will buy a textbook

  • Most boring end of the world ever

    1
    By KB sena
    This book went nowhere.

    I expected fear, excitement, and suspense, I mean the moon exploded, but what I got was and architectural manual that ends in Cold Waresq race war.
    I learned more about the robots and how they worked than I did about main characters, I learned more about their habitats than their personalities or motivations.
    It went on forever, and nothing was wrapped up in the end. It both felt too long and too short.

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