Stephensons first new single author book since 2015 is yet again a whopper. May 15, 2015 neal stephenson has been one of the defining voices in speculative fiction ever since he disassembled and rebuilt the cyberpunk thriller with his instantclassic breakthrough snow crash. His novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, and baroque. I get it, neal, you can write forever about the most boring of possible subjects oh boy, another chapter about renaissance era fashion. I have been using a treadmill desk for a few years, but in midjanuary of 2014 i. Neal stephenson is an american penman who doubles up as a game designer. Jun 01, 2015 published on jun 1, 2015 neil stephensons novels, including the baroque trilogy and reamde, are a dazzling blend of imagination and science, philosophy and history. In neal stephensons latest novel, earths moon suddenly and.
May 31, 2015 stephenson does eventually get around to some of those ideas, especially in later sections of the book. Neal stephenson always creates a really unique story line with welldrawn characters and this effort is no different. This was one of my most anticipated books of the summer and it was nearly a complete letdown. Neal stephenson is the author of reamde, anathem, and the threevolume historical epic the baroque cycle quicksilver, the confusion, and the system of the world, as.
Wellpaced over three parts covering 5,000 years of humanitys future, stephensons monster of a book is likely to dominate your 2015 sfreading experience. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read seveneves. Maybe because they both have conspicuous authorial portraits on their books and theyre both shaven headed, but also because of similarities between the two in tone and style. The ender series enders game is a great book in itself, but the series really hits its stride with the sequel, speaker for the dead, and the third book in the series, xenocide, which are much more philosophical in nature. But for the first 600 pages or so, what he mainly seems interested in are the most literal. Critic jason sheehan says that while the book can bog down in details, if the world really were ending, youd want. Seveneves by neal stephenson 2015 0521 neal stephenson on. Stephenson, who is a quinquagenarian, was born on october 1959 and his place of birth is fort meade upon maryland, in the us. Seveneves is a hard science fiction novel by neal stephenson published in 2015. Stephenson made his literary debut in 1984 with the novel the big u. Bill gates recommended seveneves as one of five books to read in the summer of 2016, praising in particular its scientific accuracy.
The story makes animal house seem like romper room. Gamer books to read while you wait for armada the new. The moon blew up with no warning and for no apparent reason. Seveneves by neal stephenson a truly epic disaster novel stephensons scifi blockbuster leaps from destruction on earth to human survival in. Stephenson studied at boston university, first specializing in physics, then switching to geography after he found that it would allow him to spend more time on the university mainframe. What an awesome opening line wasted on a boring book. I would also unequivocally recommend kraken i think of china mieville as the british neal stephenson. May, 2015 seveneves by neal stephenson a truly epic disaster novel stephensons scifi blockbuster leaps from destruction on earth to human survival in space, 5,000 years into the future chunks of. Immense and immensely entertaining genrehopping yarn from hardcore scifi veteran stephenson seveneves, 2015, etc. These days, the release of a new stephenson novel is a special event, to be anticipated and cherished. Snow crash neal stephenson audiobook and ebook ebooks, audiobook add comments one of times 100 best englishlanguage novels a mindaltering romp through a future america so bizarre, so outrageous, youll recognize it immediately. Neal stephenson books signed for sale in stock ebay. Snow crash not withstanding, nss books are not a supercasual read but like anathem, seveneves really does repay the effort. Monk, like hodges, has the intellectual scope to explain the science with precision and clarity while also telling a highly.
Neal stephenson combines the earthly and the ideal to create a nerdish homebrew 21stcentury platonism. I have been using a treadmill desk for a few years, but in midjanuary of 2014 i began keeping. How neal stephenson got book ideas by moonlighting at blue origin. I love stephenson, i really do, but those books were pure wankery on his part. If you went away to college and lived in a dormitory, you can appreciate stephensons view of higher education. Stephenson s prodigious new yarn after the diamond age, 1995, etc. In it, a small band of warriors and mystics raise their swords to save europe from a bloodthirsty mongol invasion. If i like neal stephensons anathem, what else should i. Hey, i posted this on rifyoulikeblank, and someone said i should ask here.
Scifi novelist neal stephenson begins his new novel, seveneves. In keeping with the baroque style, stephensons books have become longer as he has gained recognition. Book one, is an epicwithinanepic, taking place in th century. And what thrills me, is that he makes it interesting. Neal stephensons new epic starts big and gets bigger. Make offer neal stephenson signed autographed the confusion hc 1st ed 1st print brand new fall. Seveneves neal stephenson 2015 weighing a pig doesnt. Stephenson wants it that way, and if you dont actually enjoy thinking, pondering, or speculating while reading fiction or during any other intellectual endeavor, you will hate this book. Wellpaced over three parts covering 5,000 years of humanitys future, stephenson s monster of a book is likely to dominate your 2015 sfreading experience. 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.
How neal stephenson got book ideas by moonlighting at blue. Goodreads members who like neal stephenson also like. Below is a list of neal stephensons books in order of when they were originally released. Neal town stephenson born october 31, 1959 is an american writer known for his works of speculative fiction. If you like neal stephenson very much, or you are willing to tolerate sketches of grand scifi ideas which are then not fleshed out, perhaps you should read the book. Life in bitworld is more reminiscent of high fantasy than science fiction as the ever evolving narrative plays with the daily reality of living in a digital space. Jam 1292016 zodiac neal stephenson grove press 1988 316 pages. In a book or books so enormous, it is interesting to see what stephenson lavishes his attention. Dec 14, 2015 seveneves neal stephenson 2015 posted on december 14, 2015 10 comments the first hardcover edition is a beautiful behemoth of a book 861 pages, quality binding, and 4 topnotch illustrations that really enhance the story. Seveneves neal stephenson 2015 weighing a pig doesn. First, the story is set in a unique world seems medieval at first, but thats not really right and the author uses new words for objects or ideas that sometimes get defined in the. Insights into the human character shine like occasional full moons.
May 20, 2015 neal stephensons new epic starts big and gets bigger. Gamer books to read while you wait for armada the new york. Publisher what would happen if the world were ending. Jul 16, 2015 gamer books to read while you wait for armada by gwen glazer, communications july 16, 2015 ernest clines ready player one was so clever, quick, and packed full of 80s references thatdare we say itsome people like it even better than the hunger games. Seveneves by neal stephenson 2015, hardcover for sale. Find authors like neal stephenson from the world s largest community of readers. Monk, like hodges, has the intellectual scope to explain the science with precision and clarity while also telling a highly readable story. Cryptonomicon and the baroque cycle also by neal stephenson are very similar in terms of sprawling size and pacing. Seveneves neal stephenson 2015 posted on december 14, 2015 10 comments the first hardcover edition is a beautiful behemoth of a book 861 pages, quality binding, and 4 topnotch illustrations that really enhance the story.
Seveneves by neal stephenson 20150521 neal stephenson on. All you like snow crash neal stephenson audiobook and. Seveneves, stephenson applies his skills to a scenario like the one. A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. Cryptonomicon, written by neal stephenson, is a big book. Neal stephenson is an american author primarily of speculative fiction, but also of other subgenres of science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk and several other genres. Seveneves does give us memorable characters and some wonderfully inventive moments, and i enjoyed it overall. It involves a lot of politicking on earth, and a lot of clever manoeuvring of robots, comet cores and the like up in orbit. 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. Booklist stephenson plays with hard ballistics, hard genetics, hard sociology. The neal stephenson reading experience erika harlitzkern june 16, 2015. Critic jason sheehan says that while the book can bog down in details, if the world really. The narrator, a youngish acolyte, lives in a monasterylike fortress inhabited by intellectuals in retreat from a. The personal website of author neal stephenson, unless its been hacked.
His novels involve subjects such as mathematics, philosophy and science. Get cozy and expand your home library with a large online selection of books at. Seveneves by neal stephenson christys love of books. In seveneves, neal stephenson, the cult author of anathem, snow crash, and reamde,takes on familiar speculative territory. It has more in common with reamde and cobweb, two of stephensons books which fall into the good but not amazing category. Yeah, but the baroque cycle was about 2k pages too long. Authorsbooks similar to neal stephenson cryptonomicon. It has more in common with reamde and cobweb, two of stephenson s books which fall into the good but not amazing category.
The birth name of the man of letters is neal town stephenson. With books like snow crash, cryptonomicon, and his baroque cycle series, the author has become an icon for all those readers who enjoy treaties on topics like cryptography, mathematics, history of. Neal town stephenson born october 31, 1959 is an american writer known for his works of speculative fiction his novels have been categorized as science fiction, historical fiction, cyberpunk, postcyberpunk, and baroque stephensons work explores subjects such as mathematics, cryptography, linguistics, philosophy, currency, and the history of science. Neal town stephenson born october 31, 1959 is an american writer known for his works of. Gamer books to read while you wait for armada by gwen glazer, communications july 16, 2015 ernest clines ready player one was so clever, quick, and packed full of 80s references thatdare we say itsome people like it even better than the hunger games. Seveneves david mitchell, author of cloud atlas and the forthcoming slade house, recently interviewed neal stephenson about seveneves, stephensons breathtaking new book about the survival of the human race, which amazon picked as one of the best books of the month. Stephenson does eventually get around to some of those ideas, especially in later sections of the book. Neal stephenson is the author of reamde, anathem, and the threevolume historical epic the baroque cycle quicksilver, the confusion, and the system of the world, as well as cryptonomicon, the diamon. Im looking for book recommendations like anathem by neal stephenson. Neal stephenson is the author of reamde, anathem, and the threevolume 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.
American writer neal stephenson was born october 31, 1959 in maryland. It has innumerable characters, enough plot to fill several books, and a theme that is presented in such exhaustive detail at some points that the reader has to lie down for awhile to absorb it all. I particularly enjoyed cryptonomicon, the baroque cycle, and even had a grudging respect for anathem, generally reviled among his hardcore fans. Neal stephenson seveneves 2015 a sky of books and movies. There are certain groups of readers that attend to special genre that they prefer, in which ordinary people cannot relate to, and these genre has opted people to be as creative as they could, and sometimes make their move to join clubs which caters to people like them. Seveneves was one of only five books recommended by bill gates as must reads for summer 2016. Scifi writer neal stephenson, author of the new novel, seveneves, has written a new first line. Stephenson wants it that way, and if you dont actually enjoy thinking, pondering, or speculating while reading fiction or during any. Stephenson, whose past books include snow crash and the baroque cycle. Judged against his best, this is not prime stephenson. Neal stephenson is a popular speculative fiction author whose books feature mostly in the cyberpunk sciencefiction and technothriller genre. Like all neal stephenson books anathem is one that makes you think. The first novel to be released in the foreworld saga, the mongoliad.
Neal stephenson, mary robinette kowal, will damron. Maybe improve a little bit on something i already know but that is about it. Author neal stephenson bio and signed books vj books. Seveneves by neal stephenson yet there are statues. I discovered neal stephenson by chance when i walked into a bookstore and a beautiful book caught my eye. But for the first 600 pages or so, what he mainly seems interested in.
If you havent read anything from the author, start with other books, eg the diamond age. Stephenson s work explores subjects such as mathematics, cryptography, linguistics, philosophy, currency, and the history. Patrick dijusto doob is such a neal degrasse tyson expy that stephenson should. Im looking forward to rereading it a third time and am. It all builds from there and we follow the aftermath and humanitys struggle to survive, up to 5000 years into the future. Most trilogies, i felt, were intended to be one work and should be evaluated as such. Jul 19, 2015 like all neal stephenson books anathem is one that makes you think. Embassytown and the city and the city are both excellent, excellent books. About the author neal stephenson is the author of reamde, anathem, the threevolume historical epic the baroque cycle quicksilver, the confusion, and the system of the world, cryptonomicon, the diamond age, snow crash, which was named one of time magazines top one hundred alltime best englishlanguage novels and zodiac. Seveneves by neal stephenson a truly epic disaster novel. Oh, and i like is the techgeekydatahavenrandywaterhouse story thread so more like this bit in particular. Thats the first line of neal stephensons new 850page novel.
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