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I only do about one or two books a month, but right now I'm hooked on Seveneves by Neal Stephenson
Huge Stephenson fan.
I want 'Reamde' as a Netflix series.
Just 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.
Sounds exciting! Thx.
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