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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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Bill Gates portrait in 2018 Bill GatesCo-founder, Microsoft; philanthropist
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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Gates included Seveneves on his 2016 summer reading list and praised the technical spaceflight detail.

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

Article · Gates Notes list via TIME

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

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Neal StephensonScience fiction novelist

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

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