Neal stephenson is the author of the threevolume historical epic the baroque cycle quicksilver, the confusion and the system of the world as well as the novels cryptonomicon, the diamond age winner of a hugo award, snow crash, zodiac, anathem and reamde. Some parts of the middle book were tough to swallow, as i have a little a more pessimistic take on just how mankind would react when it comes to a sinking ship and also there being one, really tiny, lifeboat. The book is very popularly categorized in the scientific fictional genre. As a serious follower of all things space, i really enjoyed neal s insertion of the current deplorable state of our space technology into his tale. Reamde by neal stephenson audiobook full 14 youtube. The personal website of author neal stephenson, unless its been hacked.
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Seveneves is a good yarn, but it lacks the visceral punch of snow crash and the startling breadth of ambition of cryptonomicon. Neal stephenson is such a writer and snow crash is such a novel, weaving virtual reality, sumerian myth, and just about everything in between with a cool, hip cybersensibility to bring us the gigathriller of the information age. 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. Seveneves by neal stephenson overdrive rakuten overdrive. A skilled hunting guide, he eventually amassed a fortune by smuggling marijuana across the border between canada and idaho. Seveneves audiobook download, free online audio books. Seveneves by neal stephenson a truly epic disaster novel.
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I fell in love with stephenson through snow crash and deeper in love through cryptonomicon, while the baroque cycle and anathem were also thoroughly wonderful. 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. Seveneves audiobook published may 19th 2015 by brilliance audio preloaded digital audio player, audiobook, 32 pages. He combines literature, psychology, technology, philosophy, and science in a thrilling and captivating manner. Seveneves was included on president obamas summer 2016 reading list. This page is managed by his publisher, william morrow. The astounding new novel from the master of science fiction. Written by neal stephenson, narrated by jonathan davis. Neal stephenson is the author of seveneves, reamde, anathem. A decade after novelist william gibson coined the term virtual reality, neal stephenson burst onto the science fiction scene with snow crash, his own manic take on the interface between man and machine. Four decades ago, richard forthrast, the black sheep of an iowa family, fled to a wild and lonely mountainous corner of british columbia to avoid the draft. Jun 01, 2015 neil stephensons novels, including the baroque trilogy and reamde, are a dazzling blend of imagination and science, philosophy and history. Neal stephenson 1959 is an american author, futurist and game designer most well known for his works of speculative fiction.
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