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Seveneves by Neal Stephenson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves One of the few books, that when I'm finished, I ju

by tio00 10y ago

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves One of the few books, that when I'm finished, I just want to turn it over a start again. Covers a wide range of important and relevant topics in technology, biology/genetics, ethics. My only problem is it is too short! Could easily have been a triology like the Baroque Cycle (another favorite) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baroque_Cycle

Mtinie 10y ago
Seveneves was the book that reminded me why I really enjoyed Stephenson's writing.
Dowwie 10y ago
The last part of seveneves is horrible. I refused to finish it.
solipsism 10y ago
It very clearly was set up to be the first of a series.
- celticninja 10y ago
  Except by all accounts it wasn't and there are no plans to continue it.
  - solipsism 10y ago
    by all accounts Oh really? Please share one such account. Because this is a statement from Stephenson himself: There’s nothing currently in the works. A lot depends on what happens in the next few months, how people respond to the book, if there’s any interest in doing media adaptations That's pretty clear it depends on how well it sells, whether film rights get bought and how that goes, etc.
    - DanBC 10y ago
      > There’s nothing currently in the works. That seems clear enough.
      - solipsism 10y ago
        "Set up to be part of a series" and "Nothing currently in the works" are not mutually exclusive. It's not uncommon for the decision to invest in a sequel to hinge on sales. Have you read the book? There's no way someone could read this book and not think, "Yeah, the author clearly purposefully left room for this to be a very large series."
        celticninja 10y ago
        I thought as much myself but shortly after finishing it I went looking through interviews and there was one from Neal Stephenson where he explicitly stated that he had no intention of doing a sequel when he was writing it, hence my initial statement. Due to the minimal information we have on the last few chapters it seemed like it was created intentionally but the author said otherwise.

by tio00 10y ago

Mtinie 10y ago

Seveneves was the book that reminded me why I really enjoyed Stephenson's writing.

Dowwie 10y ago

The last part of seveneves is horrible. I refused to finish it.

solipsism 10y ago

It very clearly was set up to be the first of a series.

celticninja 10y ago
Except by all accounts it wasn't and there are no plans to continue it.
- solipsism 10y ago
  by all accounts Oh really? Please share one such account. Because this is a statement from Stephenson himself: There’s nothing currently in the works. A lot depends on what happens in the next few months, how people respond to the book, if there’s any interest in doing media adaptations That's pretty clear it depends on how well it sells, whether film rights get bought and how that goes, etc.
  - DanBC 10y ago
    > There’s nothing currently in the works. That seems clear enough.
    - solipsism 10y ago
      "Set up to be part of a series" and "Nothing currently in the works" are not mutually exclusive. It's not uncommon for the decision to invest in a sequel to hinge on sales. Have you read the book? There's no way someone could read this book and not think, "Yeah, the author clearly purposefully left room for this to be a very large series."
      - celticninja 10y ago
        I thought as much myself but shortly after finishing it I went looking through interviews and there was one from Neal Stephenson where he explicitly stated that he had no intention of doing a sequel when he was writing it, hence my initial statement. Due to the minimal information we have on the last few chapters it seemed like it was created intentionally but the author said otherwise.