Stephenson tells you not just what happens, but how it. You will be relieved to know that humanity does survive. The story tells of the desperate efforts to preserve homo sapiens in the wake of apocalyptic events on earth following the unexplained disintegration of the moon, and the remaking of human society as a spacebased civilization after a severe genetic bottleneck. Hes famous not only for his supersized books the last three clocking in between 850 and 1,050 pages. Since ive advocated for the use of treadmill desks in some remarks and evangelized it to people i know, i thought it behooved me to publish some data and some reflections on it, born of experience. As one would expect, the author incorporates plenty of hard science fiction into seveneves, employing his usual academic rigor. From the new york times bestselling sci fi author of books like seveneves, his latest masterpiece neal stephenson 3. In the meantime, my friends at lithive have set up a community site for seveneves. Washington post seveneves offers at once stephenson s most conventional sciencefiction scenario and a superb exploration of his abiding fascination with systems, philosophies and the limits of technology. Read a sample read a sample read a sample enlarge book cover. Stephenson is also the author of the novels snow crash, cryptonomicon, and anathem.
As an added bonus, the e book edition of this new york times bestseller includes an excerpt from stephenson s new novel, seveneves. Seveneves by neal stephenson a truly epic disaster novel stephenson s scifi blockbuster leaps from destruction on earth to human survival in. Neal stephenson is best known for his writing style which covers a fictional universe that ordinary people finds really odd. Stephenson tells you not just what happens, but how it happens. That is exactly the scenario explored by neal stephenson in seveneves. I have been using a treadmill desk for a few years, but in midjanuary of 2014 i. A special daytime talk by celebrated speculative fiction author neal stephenson on the occasion of his just released novel seveneves. The more recent reamde took the reader on a thriller through social media and mmorpgs, and his 2015 novel seveneves is. Ultimately, that dance is the it we will be spending the most time with. In neal stephensons latest novel, earths moon suddenly and spontaneously breaks apart into seven large pieces. But neal stephenson also has his other styles of writing because he can also cater to those who are looking for a nonfiction books that they can read.
It has more in common with reamde and cobweb, two of stephenson s books which fall into the good but not amazing category. Neither novel attracted much critical attention on first. In the first sentence of seveneves william morrow, neal stephenson blows up the moon. In case you didnt know, a palindrome is a word, phrase, number, or other sequence of characters which reads the same backward or forward.
Seveneves neal stephenson hardcover harpercollins publishers. For fans of stephenson, a new release is always a thrilling event. Seveneves is told in three sections and is set across a timeline spanning millennia. Neal stephenson discusses his new novel, seveneves, and. For some of you, its a curiosity stephenson is a big deal among. Seveneves by neal stephenson a truly epic disaster novel books.
Five thousand years later after a catastrophic event rendered the earth a ticking time bomb, the progeny of a handful of outer space explorersseven distinct races now three billion strongembark on yet another audacious journey. Neal stephensons breakout hit, snow crash, envisioned a world of virtual realityin 1992. It will help a great deal if you are a neal stephenson fan. Seveneves will please fans of hard science fiction, but this witty, epic tale is also sure to win over readers new to stephenson s work. Neal stephenson at the interval at long now san francisco. Seveneves offers at once stephensons most conventional sciencefiction scenario and a superb exploration of his abiding fascination with systems, philosophies and the limits of technology. The personal website of author neal stephenson, unless its been hacked. Neal stephenson has a new book out, called fall, or dodge in hell for some of you, that means nothing.
Read the first chapter of neal stephensons new novel. Neal stephenson talks about his new book, seveneves, and. Everything adheres to physical laws, so unlike star wars, no one travels anywhere near the speed of light. In seattle writer neal stephenson s amazing new book, seveneves, our planet is in for a pummeling from pieces of the exploded moon. Seveneves is a hard science fiction novel by neal stephenson published in 2015. Then, over more than 850 pages, he takes readers on a fictional journey with imperiled humanity that. Seveneves was one of only five books recommended by bill gates as must reads for summer 2016. Seveneves by neal stephenson meet your next favorite book. If not, just go read seveneves and you probably will be. No slim fables or nerdy novellas for stephenson anathem, 2008, etc. Seveneves by neal stephenson, 97800082545, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. In neal stephensons new book seveneves, the moon blows up and earths scientists predict an atmospheric calamity that will destroy the earth. How neal stephenson got book ideas by moonlighting at blue.
In 1942, lawrence pritchard waterhousemathematical genius and young captain in the u. Seveneves by neal stephenson a truly epic disaster novel. Ive decided to call it seveneves, which is a palindrome. Science fiction fans everywhere will love this book. Seveneves book the seattle public library bibliocommons. The following excerpt is chapter one from neal stephensons new novel, seveneves. Washington post seveneves offers at once stephenson s most conventional sciencefiction scenario and a superb exploration of his abiding fascination with systems. The story tells of the desperate efforts to preserve homo sapiens in the wake. His next novel, zodiac 1988, was a thriller following the exploits of a radical environmentalist protagonist in his struggle against corporate polluters. In the first instance, the it in neal stephenson has done it again is stephenson s new book, seveneves. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band. At nearly 900 fastmoving pages, seveneves joins the ranks of stephenson s cryptonomicon, anathem, and reamde as a genre epic that will envelop you for days at a time.
Buy a cheap copy of seveneves book by neal stephenson. Insights into the human character shine like occasional full moons. All of humanity is motivated to build and populate the international space station and adjoining ark with as many people as possible. If the moon ever disintegrates, causing earth to become a fiery hellscape for several thousand years, and we can select only a few hundred humans to entrust with the survival and repropagation of the species, i vote for neal stephenson to be one of those humans. My new novel, fall, or dodge in hell, goes on sale in june 2019 in the. Our moons destruction puts humanity on a twoyear extermination countdown and launches a frenzied quest to build the cloud arka network of pods around the international space station. A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. Download book seveneves by author neal stephenson in pdf epub. While many fine science fiction books have made use of such ideas, my own bias is that interstellar travel is probably overrated. Seveneves belongs in the subgenre of hard science fiction, which means it emphasizes scientific accuracy. And then the hard rain will continue for millennia. Boston globe a novel of big ideas, but its also a novel of personalities, of heart, and of a particular kind of hope that only comes from a stephenson story. Neil stephenson s novels, including the baroque trilogy and reamde, are a dazzling blend of imagination and science, philosophy and history. You can always count on neal stephenson to deliver a doorstopper thats worth its considerable weight in hardcover.
Original title isbn 9780062190376 published on 2015519. Seveneves is a good yarn, but it lacks the visceral punch of snow crash and the startling breadth of ambition of cryptonomicon. William morrow, publisher dear friends, ive got a great idea for a new novel. Seveneves is available now and is published by william morrow in the us and borough press in the uk. Neal town stephenson was born in 1959, in fort meade, maryland in a family of scientists. If the moon ever disintegrates, causing earth to become a fiery hellscape for several thousand years, and we can select only a few hundred humans to entrust with. Neal stephenson discusses his new paradise lostinfluenced book neal stephenson is the bestselling author of the novels snow crash, cryptonomicon, seveneves, reamde, anathem, the system of. Scientists realize humanity has roughly two years to come up with a survival. Neal stephenson discusses his new paradise lost influenced book. There is a very good reason why the book is called seveneves. The scifi heavyweight blows it to bits in the first line of seveneves, a millenniaspanning epic. The people who survive, an interview with neal stephenson. I have been using a treadmill desk for a few years, but in midjanuary of 2014 i began keeping.
1386 132 926 1364 1082 1125 1380 1080 98 547 1368 1522 1386 870 1133 378 124 402 357 401 233 250 1360 776 1291 653 1180 759 476 480