Seveneves: A Novel Audiobook Review
Seveneves: A Novel – An Audio Book Review
- Author: Neal Stephenson
- Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal and Will Damron
- Length: 31 hours and 55 minutes
- Unabridged
- Genre: Science Fiction
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Seveneves: A Novel Audio Book Summary:
When the end of the world began, humanity banded together to ensure the survival of the species. They looked on towards the only salvation left, the final frontier of humankind, outer space. With a risky plan in tow, humanity exiled itself from its once home and into the unknown. But human nature is unpredictable and unforeseen dangers send a ripple of tragedy to the survivors until only a few remain.
Five millenniums later, the descendants of the few humans left have grown and separated into seven unique races with a population of three billion. As they face another challenge that can potentially put an end to the human race they try for one last desperate effort for survival. They head to an alien world transformed by time and calamity, a planet once known as Earth.
Neal Stephenson crafts a unique science fiction epic that combines human nature, philosophy and science for the ultimate human endeavor: survival.
One reason to listen:
This is a thought provoking audiobook that questions are own place in the universe. Seveneves is a tour de force of science fiction brilliance.
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Reactions:
“I would like to stress that this book is really one of his best. His fully-realized characters, novel ideas from multiple knowledge domains (repeatedly interwoven with each other), and his clear and gripping description of shocking drama/action have never been better. There is something for everyone in this book.” – Peter J. Ward
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“Stephenson’s apocalyptic vision of humanity’s future is one tinged with hope, even in those bleak passages in the midst of “Seveneves” where it seems humanity is destined for extinction. It is a spellbinding, often memorable, vision noted for his consummate skills in introducing big ideas in science, philosophy and sociology, without losing the reader’s attention.” – John Kwok
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“Stephenson’s stories generally are more about technology than writing style and Seveneves is no exception, though his characters are convincingly drawn and usually sympathetic. In the main, Seveneves is hard science fiction with some engineering, genetic and orbital-mechanics complexity. As usual with this author, however, it’s explained well and is worth the effort it takes to follow it.” – Dick Stanley
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“There is a pretty good novel of about 300 pages scattered in bits and pieces among the tech-talk but the other 500 plus pages are devoted to pop-science discussion of the three major themes. The result is a plodding narrative that lacks drive does very little to sustain interest.” – Al Hence
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“Interesting plot that deals with the end of the world and the preparations mankind takes to prepare for it. A number of scientific concepts that are keys to the plot are well explained and kept interesting. Unfortunately Neal Stephenson’s wonderful imagination is limited to the scientific.” – Electric Reader
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Score on Audible: 4.1 out of 5
Score on Amazon: 4.2 out of 5
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