Review: Seveneves

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This book was amazing. I love reading Stephenson, and this was no exception. The story starts with an astronomical event that scientists soon figure out mean that the earth will be destroyed and nobody will survive. Representatives from different countries and cultures and with different skill sets are sent up to space to represent the future of humankind. The book follows what happens to those people, and the generations that come after them. It's part space science, part sociology, and part adventure.

Not only was this book obviously meticulously researched, but it was well-written, smartly plotted, and filled with rich characters. The book is long, like most of his works are, and it is great fun to see seeds sown early in the book grow into critical plot points later. Thoroughly engrossing and enjoying.

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