Seveneves

Kindle

English language

Published May 15, 2016 by The Borough Press.

ASIN:
B00LZWV8JO
4 stars (265 reviews)

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...

Five thousand years later, the survivors' progeny embark on another audacious journey into the unknown, to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.

5 editions

Review of 'Seveneves: A Novel' on 'Goodreads'

3 stars

I wouldn't have finished this if I hadn't promised a friend, but that I said I really enjoyed the last part of the book. It just took a very long time to get there. I didn't really like the central them of the 7 Eves and how their one-dimensional characteristics persisted for generations. But I did really like the plot especially the reintroduction of humans to a changed Earth. I skipped over a lot of the orbital mechanics descriptions.

Review of 'Seveneves' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

All of the positive raving for this book is true! All of the criticisms are also true! Stephenson is his own thing and he breaks all the rules of fiction. He breaks them in a couple different ways in this book. When it's great it's REALLY GREAT. When it's not so great, it kinda sucks. At different moments, I wanted to give this five stars. It's a hell of a book and I absolutely recommend it to any "hard" SF fans. Know that the exposition can really be a brick wall in the storytelling and it's not artfully done at all. But Stephenson has certainly earned himself a place on the hard-core SF shelf with this one (if he hadn't already).

Seveneves

4 stars

The scope of this is amazing, but at times I felt the execution was a little bit off. And the thing where he switches to an entirely different story with different characters for a little while near the end was quite confusing/irritating. OTOH, I still enjoy Stephenson's stuff a lot more than most authors, so I found myself enjoying the heck out of it, while thinking of things he could have improved it so overall I am calling it a win.

Review of 'Seveneves' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This is a "hard sf" story on how the human race survives an epic disaster by escaping into space (and, as it turns out, below the sea and under the ground in Alaska). The story is told through the eyes of individual people, but it remains a story about the human race. And I loved almost every page of it.

Review of 'Seveneves' on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I could not finish Cryptonomicon (the bro-y elements here were very minimal, in contrast), but I was entranced by this hard science fiction apocalypse and (spoiler alert) humanity's survival by the barest of threads. I was less taken with the final third of the story, which jumped thousands of years forward and turned into a less-enlightened Culture book, but I still can't stop thinking about the first part.

Review of 'Seveneves' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

This was quite a good book, with lots of grand topics and epic feats as ordinary people struggle against the forces of nature. It has a decent set characters, though it changes part way, and there is no single main character across the whole story. In typical hard-scifi fashion, a lot of time is spent describing scientific concepts, such as orbital mechanics or genetics. I was OK with this, but your mileage may vary.

For a more in-depth review, check out my blog: strakul.blogspot.com/2019/07/book-review-seveneves-by-neal-stephenson.html

Review of 'Seveneves' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

можливо, це дуже суб'єктивно, свого роду читацька ностальгія — але наразі ніщо від ніла стефенсона на перевершує «зодіака». «сім єв» (чи як там колись перекладуть цей роман) — непогана фантастика, і років зо тридцять тому я би окропом пі%яв, читаючи це. але зараз — ні: місцями надто нерівно, наче авторові ось тут було цікаво фантазувати, а ось там набридло і він накидав нашвидкоруч тижні, тоді роки, тоді тисячоліття, в інших місцях — наївно, наче класичні (анти)утопії… але загалом — читати можна.

Review of 'Seveneves' on 'GoodReads'

4 stars

Quite enjoyed the technical aspects of this one. I think the universe it has generated would be a unique one to explore further in spin off books. As Stephenson states in his afterward: not too much of this stuff is new, although the amount of disciplines together at once here is something that doesn't come to pass in many stories in this genre.

Some of the more popular reviews on good reads see this as a failing, and would have preferred a different lense for the stories final section. To me, this would have been a shift too strong in a different direction. Granted, I would love to have an anthropologists eye cast on this universe - so please, write that story! But I'm happy that it wasn't here. I started with the hard technicalities of this world and remain satisfied with a technical conclusion.

avatar for Yogthos

rated it

4 stars
avatar for swasheck

rated it

5 stars
avatar for cubeofwood

rated it

3 stars
avatar for Yogthos

rated it

5 stars
avatar for strangefreeworld@bookrastinating.com

rated it

4 stars
avatar for LuisVilla

rated it

2 stars
avatar for timhutton

rated it

3 stars
avatar for wafonso

rated it

4 stars
avatar for tremain

rated it

4 stars
avatar for fighting

rated it

3 stars
avatar for greystar

rated it

3 stars
avatar for mchlgbbns

rated it

4 stars
avatar for CapnJazzHandz

rated it

5 stars
avatar for jimfl

rated it

4 stars
avatar for booklost

rated it

4 stars
avatar for devlord

rated it

5 stars
avatar for cargide

rated it

4 stars
avatar for ward

rated it

4 stars
avatar for scottisloud

rated it

3 stars
avatar for mishari

rated it

5 stars
avatar for whami

rated it

5 stars
avatar for Davscomur

rated it

4 stars
avatar for mttktz

rated it

4 stars
avatar for erinmalone

rated it

5 stars
avatar for teo

rated it

3 stars
avatar for bryanjd

rated it

4 stars
avatar for cjhubbs

rated it

5 stars
avatar for TimmyMac

rated it

2 stars
avatar for Cmot_Dibbler

rated it

4 stars
avatar for Bospaddestoel

rated it

4 stars
avatar for kamen

rated it

3 stars
avatar for kimkarma66

rated it

4 stars
avatar for ngs

rated it

5 stars
avatar for xatlasm

rated it

4 stars
avatar for jumpinggrendel

rated it

5 stars
avatar for vinibaggio

rated it

3 stars
avatar for harald_reads

rated it

4 stars
avatar for kevinpotts

rated it

4 stars
avatar for jelmervdl

rated it

5 stars
avatar for Jaytee

rated it

5 stars
avatar for rgibert

rated it

4 stars
avatar for KidDogDad

rated it

4 stars
avatar for Old_Tim

rated it

5 stars
avatar for RPhlegm

rated it

2 stars
avatar for jkwatson

rated it

4 stars
avatar for Mack505

rated it

5 stars
avatar for agentydragon

rated it

4 stars
avatar for wombat

rated it

5 stars
avatar for joeyh

rated it

3 stars
avatar for mrkvm

rated it

4 stars
avatar for Korenwolf

rated it

3 stars
avatar for kbg

rated it

3 stars
avatar for cheapshot

rated it

5 stars
avatar for Antolius

rated it

5 stars
avatar for unicornia

rated it

3 stars
avatar for erogers

rated it

4 stars
avatar for mattlehrer

rated it

4 stars
avatar for jayemar

rated it

3 stars
avatar for yallah110

rated it

5 stars
avatar for Coalford

rated it

5 stars
avatar for jparise

rated it

4 stars
avatar for jfflak

rated it

5 stars
avatar for xianny

rated it

4 stars
avatar for francorreas

rated it

2 stars
avatar for bwbeach

rated it

4 stars
avatar for Ivia

rated it

3 stars
avatar for psilotum

rated it

4 stars
avatar for njwfish

rated it

4 stars
avatar for Crepusculi

rated it

3 stars
avatar for LeadAnew

rated it

4 stars
avatar for JohSny

rated it

4 stars
avatar for Shard

rated it

5 stars
avatar for johnke

rated it

3 stars
avatar for CSND

rated it

4 stars
avatar for niclindh

rated it

4 stars
avatar for Painkiller

rated it

4 stars
avatar for proycon

rated it

5 stars
avatar for ruxpinread

rated it

4 stars
avatar for cristopher

rated it

3 stars
avatar for wrfs

rated it

4 stars
avatar for timchi

rated it

5 stars
avatar for Shahnoor

rated it

2 stars
avatar for oox

rated it

4 stars
avatar for KiwiCoder

rated it

5 stars
avatar for mchlgbbns

rated it

4 stars
avatar for dkniffin

rated it

4 stars
avatar for stim

rated it

3 stars
avatar for rechtsstaat

rated it

3 stars
avatar for eviley3

rated it

4 stars
avatar for eviley3

rated it

4 stars
avatar for weston

rated it

5 stars
avatar for jao

rated it

4 stars
avatar for charli-gremlin

rated it

5 stars
avatar for vertis

rated it

5 stars
avatar for gregorygandy

rated it

3 stars
avatar for brzy

rated it

3 stars
avatar for jaredmoody

rated it

4 stars
avatar for ckochx

rated it

5 stars
avatar for cyansmoker

rated it

3 stars
avatar for samullen

rated it

3 stars
avatar for texttheater

rated it

4 stars
avatar for DavidAmes

rated it

4 stars
avatar for ursu

rated it

5 stars
avatar for mattmcmanus

rated it

4 stars
avatar for localstatic

rated it

3 stars
avatar for nithinbekal

rated it

5 stars
avatar for kamen

rated it

4 stars
avatar for dmiller

rated it

5 stars
avatar for Trentie

rated it

3 stars
avatar for MagneticCrow

rated it

4 stars
avatar for isposdef

rated it

3 stars
avatar for qnm

rated it

5 stars
avatar for wombat

rated it

5 stars
avatar for palousegeo

rated it

3 stars
avatar for windchime

rated it

3 stars
avatar for tehjer_

rated it

5 stars
avatar for Yogthos

rated it

5 stars
avatar for wolfwitte

rated it

3 stars
avatar for stim

rated it

3 stars
avatar for Tamino

rated it

5 stars
avatar for anaulin

rated it

5 stars
avatar for Stratski

rated it

4 stars
avatar for courts

rated it

5 stars
avatar for sablebadger

rated it

5 stars
avatar for cakester

rated it

5 stars
avatar for trevor

rated it

5 stars
avatar for philiporange

rated it

5 stars
avatar for mjdiliscia

rated it

5 stars
avatar for nostalgia

rated it

4 stars
avatar for Jaldert

rated it

4 stars
avatar for Tolomere

rated it

4 stars
avatar for NetCaptive

rated it

5 stars
avatar for mivade

rated it

3 stars
avatar for starstryke

rated it

5 stars
avatar for Bitboxer

rated it

3 stars
avatar for Gretrascis

rated it

4 stars
avatar for kilian

rated it

5 stars
avatar for elementaryflimflam

rated it

5 stars
avatar for CuriousLibrarian

rated it

3 stars
avatar for dankeller

rated it

5 stars
avatar for karlhungus

rated it

3 stars
avatar for samsterby

rated it

5 stars
avatar for bdu

rated it

3 stars
avatar for alexmorse

rated it

4 stars
avatar for essteeyou

rated it

5 stars
avatar for tsukikage

rated it

5 stars
avatar for peter_hall

rated it

3 stars
avatar for chaos_angel

rated it

4 stars
avatar for Psvensson

rated it

1 star
avatar for tcgoetz

rated it

4 stars
avatar for Shtakser

rated it

3 stars
avatar for daveb

rated it

5 stars
avatar for schmavery

rated it

4 stars
avatar for WorzelFG

rated it

5 stars
avatar for BillieCodes

rated it

4 stars
avatar for IceColdBooks

rated it

5 stars
avatar for tronicdude

rated it

5 stars
avatar for StereoSoda

rated it

4 stars
avatar for Andykz

rated it

4 stars
avatar for clifhall

rated it

4 stars
avatar for recri

rated it

3 stars
avatar for vaughnhannon

rated it

5 stars
avatar for pneumoREADS

rated it

3 stars
avatar for ward

rated it

4 stars
avatar for 9bananas

rated it

5 stars
avatar for GJdeBoer

rated it

4 stars
avatar for inti

rated it

5 stars
avatar for robphippen

rated it

4 stars
avatar for agindin

rated it

5 stars
avatar for flatlined

rated it

5 stars
avatar for shawn

rated it

3 stars
avatar for madklowns

rated it

5 stars
avatar for patatita

rated it

5 stars
avatar for necochino

rated it

2 stars
avatar for mastar2323

rated it

4 stars
avatar for pd-bomber

rated it

4 stars
avatar for Lunartech

rated it

5 stars
avatar for CMGX9

rated it

4 stars
avatar for kosure

rated it

4 stars
avatar for kosure

rated it

4 stars