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Seveneves

by Neal Stephenson · 2015

Neal Stephenson's hard science fiction novel about space survival, engineering, and rebuilding civilization after a lunar catastrophe.

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Neal Stephenson · Science fiction novelist

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Neal StephensonScience fiction novelist

Novelist known for technically detailed speculative fiction including Seveneves and Snow Crash.

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Seveneves appears in 1 currently documented source-backed recommendation.

Bill Gates Co-founder, Microsoft; philanthropist

Recommended Gates Notes list via TIME article

You might lose patience with all the information you'll get about space flight-Stephenson, who lives in Seattle, has clearly done his research-but I loved the technical details.

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TIME · 2016-05-17 · accessed 2026-06-20

TIME reports Gates's 2016 Gates Notes summer list and quotes his comments on Seveneves.

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Recommended · Gates Notes list via TIME · article Source 2016-05-17

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