And what thrills me, is that he makes it interesting. a major work of hard sf that all fans of the genre should read." - Library Journal (starred review) "Well-paced over three parts covering 5,000 years of humanity's future, Stephenson's monster of a book is likely to dominate your 2015 sf-reading experience." - Booklist " plays with hard ballistics, hard genetics, hard sociology. there's a ton to digest, but Stephenson's lucid prose makes it worth the while." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) "The huge scope and enormous depth of the latest novel from Stephenson is impressive. "No slim fables or nerdy novellas for Stephenson: his visions are epic, and he requires whole worlds-and, in this case, solar systems-to accommodate them.Wise, witty, utterly well-crafted science fiction." - Kirkus Reviews "Stephenson's remarkable novel is deceptively complex, a disaster story and transhumanism tale that serves as the delivery mechanism for a series of technical and sociological visions. As he did in Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant. 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 both extraordinary and eerily recognizable. to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth. Five thousand years later, their progeny-seven distinct races now three billion strong-embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown. But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space. What would happen if the world were ending? A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb.
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic-a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.
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