A 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 both extraordinary and eerily recognizable.
What would happen if the world were ending?
A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.
But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain...
Five 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.
As he did in Anathem
, Cryptonomicon
, The Baroque Cycle
, and Reamde
, Neal Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.
About the Author
Neal Stephenson is the renowned sci-fi author of Reamde
, Anathem
, the three-volume historical epic The Baroque Cycle
(Quicksilver
, The Confusion
, and The System of the World
), Cryptonomicon
, The Diamond Age
, Zodiac
, and Snow Crash
. His novel Snow Crash
was named one of Time magazine's top one hundred all-time best English-language novels. He lives in Seattle, Washington.
A 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 both extraordinary and eerily recognizable.
What would happen if the world were ending?
A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.
But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain...
Five 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.
As he did in Anathem
, Cryptonomicon
, The Baroque Cycle
, and Reamde
, Neal Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.
About the Author
Neal Stephenson is the renowned sci-fi author of Reamde
, Anathem
, the three-volume historical epic The Baroque Cycle
(Quicksilver
, The Confusion
, and The System of the World
), Cryptonomicon
, The Diamond Age
, Zodiac
, and Snow Crash
. His novel Snow Crash
was named one of Time magazine's top one hundred all-time best English-language novels. He lives in Seattle, Washington.