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Seveneves
- Narrated by: Peter Brooke
- Length: 32 hrs and 40 mins
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Summary
The astounding new novel from the master of science fiction. What would happen if the world were ending?
When a catastrophic event renders the Earth a ticking time bomb, it triggers a feverish race against the inevitable. An ambitious plan is devised to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere. But unforeseen 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 at once extraordinary and eerily recognizable. He explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.
Critic reviews
"He makes reading so much fun it feels like a deadly sin." ( The New York Times)
"Fast-forward free-style mall mythology for the 21st century." (William Gibson)
"[Stephenson is] the hacker Hemingway." ( Newsweek)
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- William
- 01-08-15
Half a book
This book has no ending. It changes direction wildly half way through and then fails to deliver a full story in the new setting.
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- Sam Holder
- 18-09-15
too long and detailed.
this is more like two stories, one of which is unfinished. I loved parts of it and the ideas are great, but too much time is spent exposing in detail how things work. enjoyed it but would have enjoyed it more if it had been ten hours shorter. and if it hadn't felt like it just tailed off at the end.
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- M. Miniaci
- 28-10-16
A true epic
The narrator did an admirable job of representing so many characters in this epic. I use the word with care, as nowadays any story that spans more than one volume is given the label. This story has a definite arc from end to end and is jam-packed with Stephenson's usual cocktail of technology, dramatic locations and characters of varied ages and experience. A good/listen, but make sure you can commit the time! :) It left me yearning for another volume.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-02-21
Great long listen
Interesting book not only on the sci-fi aspect but also it is more of an analysis of human nature, how it changes and adapts to different circumstances. Downside on the third part sometimes the author goes into great detail on parts that are less important and skims the interesting things. still worth a listen!
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- Povilas
- 17-05-19
Dark and believable sci-fi; good narrator
Really liked the story, although there were too many technical detail about orbital dynamics for my taste.
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- Brendon S.
- 04-08-21
Yet another stunning, stunning book!!
Immense, surreal, beautiful, scientifically and technologically believable and accurate.
A masterpiece. I appreciate that this write up doesn’t explain at all what the book is about, that’s intentional. Read/listen to find out.
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- fiona
- 26-05-15
great sci fi
fantastic attention to detail. Good characters. Well constructed plot. Enjoyable read for any sci fi fan.
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- Oliver Switch
- 14-09-17
A depth and breadth of technical storytelling ..
...the likes of which even God has never seen... unless he got an advance copy for the publishers...
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- Jason
- 20-07-15
Good as always
If you could sum up Seveneves in three words, what would they be?
Long detailed and exciting
What did you like best about this story?
Fully developed characters
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No far too long
Any additional comments?
Author finishes his story too suddenly
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- Sharon Barron
- 02-11-15
Almost but not quite a masterpiece
This is two books really. The first is brilliant, the second is a space filler. The sheer breadth of the human tragedy in part 1 is only matched by Stephenson's mastery of human drama. I was gripped from page one. Part two was something of an extended epilogue and never really caught my imagination in the same way. Read it anyway, because part 1 is worth the price of the ticket.
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