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| From | Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: seveneves |
| Date | 2015-08-25 15:55 -0400 |
| Organization | PANIX Public Access Internet and UNIX, NYC |
| Message-ID | <mdd4mjnb0sy.fsf@panix5.panix.com> (permalink) |
| References | <slrnmtjtl1.73b.mausg@dmaus.org> |
Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> writes:
> Neal Stephenson's book "Seveneves" is serious stuff, best book I have
> read for years. I find the logic a bit hard to follow sometimes
I enjoyed it, although I liked _REAMDE_ better.
The first story, impending/occurring apocalypse, was stock EotW stuff, familiar
to anyone who has thought about asteroid collisions and the possibilities of
blasting the encroaching object with nukes.
The second, 5000 years later, read like the storyboard for an anime feature or
series. Fortunately, I like anime.
Overall, a B+ (A for storytelling, B for content).
--
Rich Alderson news@alderson.users.panix.com
the russet leaves of an autumn oak/inspire once again the failed poet/
to take up his pen/and essay to place his meagre words upon the page...
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Re: seveneves jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-08-28 13:31 +0000
Re: seveneves Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-08-28 14:23 +0000
Re: seveneves Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2015-08-24 14:50 -0300
Re: seveneves Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-08-24 19:48 +0000
Re: seveneves Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-08-24 20:42 +0000
Re: seveneves Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2015-08-25 02:17 -0300
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Re: seveneves scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2015-08-24 19:54 +0000
Re: seveneves JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2015-08-24 10:27 -0500
Re: seveneves Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-08-24 09:22 +0000
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Re: seveneves Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2015-08-26 09:30 +0100
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Re: seveneves Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-08-26 12:15 +0000
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Re: seveneves "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2015-08-28 05:21 +1000
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Re: seveneves Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2015-08-26 13:20 +0000
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Re: seveneves "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2015-08-25 16:18 -0500
Re: seveneves Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-08-26 02:09 -0400
Re: seveneves simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2015-08-27 08:42 +0100
Re: seveneves Bob Eager <news0005@eager.cx> - 2015-08-27 09:18 +0000
Re: seveneves simon@twoplaces.co.uk (Simon Turner) - 2015-08-27 14:30 +0100
Re: seveneves Joy Beeson <jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid> - 2015-08-27 23:39 -0300
Re: seveneves jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2015-08-28 13:31 +0000
Re: seveneves Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-08-28 11:45 -0400
Re: seveneves Dan Espen <despen@verizon.net> - 2015-08-28 12:15 -0400
Re: seveneves Michael Black <et472@ncf.ca> - 2015-08-28 13:09 -0400
Re: seveneves Greymaus <mausg@mail.com> - 2015-08-27 20:20 +0000
Re: seveneves Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2015-08-28 20:41 -0700
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Re: seveneves Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2015-08-26 16:26 +0000
Re: seveneves Rich Alderson <news@alderson.users.panix.com> - 2015-08-25 15:55 -0400
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