Two Halves Not a Whole: Seveneves by Neal Stephenson Book Review

Readers of this all too-infrequent blog will know that I am a huge fan of Neal Stephenson’s work, especially his seminal cyberpunk work Snow Crash as well as his more esoteric fare like Anathem. You’ll also note that I was not a huge fan of what I saw as the wasted potential of his last book, Reamde. I approached his latest novel, Seveneves, with some hesitation. I knew almost nothing about the plot beforehand so I had no preconceived notions about what kind of book it was.

The Brief

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