SeanBookworms of Lemmy, what are you currently reading?
MoghulI only do about one or two books a month, but right now I’m hooked on Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Raisin8659Seveneves
Sounds exciting! Thx.
A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. 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.
I didn’t give a description of the plot because I couldn’t come up with something that really conveyed what the book was like. The one you gave is decent, but it doesn’t convey just how much of it is about the people. It’s hard scifi, no nonsense, but the heart and soul of it is its characters.
I only like sci-fi that isn’t toooo sci-fi-y so this sounds right up my street
Huge Stephenson fan.
I want ‘Reamde’ as a Netflix series.
jballsJust finished Reamde recently. Anyone know if the sequel, Fall, is worth reading?
It’s not a sequel; it’s a stand alone using one character. It reads like two novels jammed together. One is about a massive ‘fake news’ story that lives on decades after it’s debunked, and the other is about a computer simulation/afterlife. Not his best, imho.
Seveneves is good, Anathem is my favourite by him.