Seveneves

Neal Stephenson

May 2015 · HarperCollins UK

About this ebook

The astounding new novel from the master of science fiction

President Barack Obama’s summer reading choice

THE EARTH WAS A TICKING TIME BOMB.

To ensure the survival they had to look beyond its atmosphere.

So they became pioneers.

Five thousand years later and their progeny form seven distinct races and they must journey to an alien: Earth.

A magnificent, visionary work of speculative fiction from a true visionary that will dazzle you with its depth, psychology and awesome imagination.

Ratings and reviews

Fantastic story with rich characters, plenty of excitement and incredible concepts. My only sticking point is the length, some parts of the story were simply to long without adding value and I found myself leaving it for days at a time. However after battling through the first quarter it paid me back in kind, genuinely a great idea.

It went from mostly hard-science epic (which I enjoyed a lot) into full blown sci-fi (which I barely tolerated). I felt invested in the narrative which kept me pushing through to the end but some parts with excessive details felt like too much of a chore. Overall I'm glad to have read it.

If there is one thing that breaks immersion in a story, it is painfully obvious plotholes that remind you that none of this is real and it all just came out of someone's imagination. The ending was also rushed. After over 800 pages, you rushed the ending.

About the author

Neal Stephenson is the author of Reamde, Anathem; the three-volume historical epic the Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World); Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Zodiac and the iconic Snow Crash, named one of Time magazine's top one hundred all-time best English-language novels. He lives in Seattle, Washington.