Seven Thieves Book Report

seveneves by Neal Stephenson is an amazing book to read about the end of the world. While this topic is in no way unique to Stephenson, he nonetheless wrote this book expertly. His amazing use of science and ingenuity really brings this book to perfection. His insights into the human psyche is impressive. The book begins right before the Agent -- an unknown force of awesome power -- destroys the moon. For the first week, everyone just stares at seven large pieces of what used to be the moon, still held together by their common center of mass. Scientists quickly determine that the explosion will result in more bolides -- meteors -- striking the earth, exponentially increasing with respect to time, and at a certain point, the rate will spike …show more content…
His skill with carefully balancing the characters and making realistic incremental developments makes this novel seem so realistic. There is no one point where the reader says, no, that’s just impossible. The book just flows naturally and organically. The other really impressive part of the book is his foresight and insight. One of the characters on the Cloud Ark is staring at the machine used to create glasses, and wonders how long it will be until humanity has enough resources to create different styles of glasses again, and how long it will take until there is a market for them. The way he utilizes the power of technology, such as using epigenetics to save the human race, really makes this a very good book. I would wholeheartedly recommend this book, and at almost 900 pages, this book has enough detail to entertain, but it is written well enough to still be easy to follow, without too many characters to follow or too many simultaneous plotlines to decipher. In conclusion, this book is a fascinating insight into human character and how the world might look like if the Earth was destroyed