![]() ![]() It doesn’t give much space to the other 7 billion people who must come to terms with not only their own deaths, but the death of the entire biosphere. “Seveneves” is focused on survival - the eventual survival of the seven women who give birth to a whole new human race (hence the title). There are the intricate details of how the disaster is set into motion and even more intricate details of how to create livable habitats in space on a technological shoestring. ![]() President (apparently modeled on Hillary Clinton) who sneaks into space, in violation of an agreement that world leaders will step aside and go down with their planet. There are political maneuvers, including a U.S. There are social problems - how to keep 7 billion people from rioting or disrupting the survival effort. ![]() There’s a lot more to the story than that. ![]() “Seveneves” is in the classic “what-if” tradition - in this case, what if humanity had two years notice that the Earth was going to be rendered uninhabitable for 5,000 years? Neal Stephenson comes up with a technological solution, setting the story a decade or so in the future, far enough that there’s enough capacity to launch a few thousand people into space with arguably enough capacity to provide life support until human beings can return to Earth. ![]()
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