No, but it has considerably reduced my enthusiasm for the author.ĭid Peter Brooke do a good job differentiating each of the characters? How? Has Seveneves put you off other books in this genre? As for Peter Brooke? No, I found his voice to be too nasal and off-putting.

If it wasn't for The Better Half being such a big fan I'd give up on him entirely as this is the second book of his that I've felt let down by. Having listened to this I'd be very dubious about listening to another Neal Stephenson book. Would you try another book written by Neal Stephenson or narrated by Peter Brooke? If I read this again it'll be the paper version. He does competently for the most part, but a few of the accents were like nails on a chalkboard.

He took on a mammoth task with this one, and I'm afraid he fell short for me. I'm less torn about Peter Brooke's performance. That large cast and expansive plot don't leave too much time for character development either (with a few notable exceptions). More fat could have been trimmed in some parts too. The bad: The pacing is a little uneven, and the plot losses impetus in the final third. The plot moves along at a decent clip for the most part, and the large cast is handled pretty well. The good: Stephenson's usual elements are all present and correct: physics, engineering, code breaking and a smattering of martial arts. I'm not convinced Stephenson has, but there's still much for fans to like. The scope and ambition of this novel are staggering, and I can't think of another author who could hope pull something like this off successfully. He explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant. But unforeseen dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain.įive 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.Ī 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 at once extraordinary and eerily recognizable. An ambitious plan is devised to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere. When a catastrophic event renders the Earth a ticking time bomb, it triggers a feverish race against the inevitable. What would happen if the world were ending? The astounding new novel from the master of science fiction.

Seveneves by neal stephenson