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Experience the award-winning science fiction epic Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. Follow humanity’s desperate fight for survival after a catastrophic lunar event in this unforgettable story of space exploration, resilience, and the future of civilization.

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.

What would happen if the world were ending?

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.

But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain . . .

Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.

A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is both extraordinary and eerily recognizable. As he did in Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.

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Product details

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ William Morrow
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 19, 2015
• Edition ‏ : ‎ First Edition Later Printing
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 880 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0062190377
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0062190376
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.15 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.1 x 6.4 x 2 inches
• UNSPSC-Code : 55101500 (Printed publications) Report an incorrect code
• Best Sellers Rank: #75,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #3 in Genetic Engineering Science Fiction (Books)
  • #6 in Post-Apocalyptic Science Fiction (Books)
  • #33 in Colonization Science Fiction
• Customer Reviews: 
  4.3 4.3 out of 5 stars   (31,716)

About the author

Neal Stephenson

NEAL STEPHENSON is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels Termination Shock, Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (with Nicole Galland), Seveneves, Reamde, Anathem, The System of the World, The Confusion, Quicksilver, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, Zodiac, the groundbreaking nonfiction work In the Beginning . . . Was the Command Line, and Some Remarks, a collection of short fiction and nonfiction. He lives in Seattle, Washington.