Seveneves

Neal Town Stephenson (born October 31, 1959) is an American writer, known for his speculative fiction works, which have been variously categorized science fiction, historical fiction, maximalism, cyberpunk, and postcyberpunk. Stephenson explores areas such as mathematics, cryptography, philosophy, currency, and the history of science. He also writes non-fiction articles about technology in publications such as Wired Magazine, and has worked part-time as an advisor for Blue Origin, a company (funded by Jeff Bezos) developing a manned sub-orbital launch system.Born in Fort Meade, Maryland (home of the NSA and the National Cryptologic Museum) Stephenson came from a family comprising engineers and hard scientists he dubs "propeller heads". His father is a professor of electrical engineering whose father was a physics professor; his mother worked in a biochemistry laboratory, while her father was a biochemistry professor. Stephenson's family moved to Champaign-Urbana, Illinois in 1960 and then to Ames, Iowa in 1966 where he graduated from Ames High School in 1977. Stephenson furthered his studies at Boston University. He first specialized in physics, then switched to geography after he found that it would allow him to spend more time on the university mainframe. He graduated in 1981 with a B.A. in Geography and a minor in physics. Since 1984, Stephenson has lived mostly in the Pacific Northwest and currently resides in Seattle with his family.Neal Stephenson is the author of the three-volume historical epic "The Baroque Cycle" (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World) and the novels Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, and Zodiac. He lives in Seattle, Washington.

出版者:William Morrow

作者:Neal Stephenson

页数:880

出版时间:2015-5-19

价格:USD 35.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9780062190376

图书标签:科幻小说硬科幻美国NealStephenson科幻/奇幻英文English

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.

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.

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. As he did in Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.

读后感

尼尔在西方科幻世界里有一大批粉丝。早前就在油管上看过一个视频，比尔·盖茨邀请尼尔拍了一个VR虚拟现实对谈，特意表达自己对尼尔的大作《七夏娃》的钦佩之情。后来他也受邀到全美很多著名大学进行演讲，进一步回答读者关于书中的很多新概念的疑惑。尼尔一直以赛博朋克流硬科...  

《七夏娃》中文版分三册推出，其阅读感觉很像在读金庸的“射雕”三部曲。前两册故事联系紧密，到第三册因为中间有5000年的断代，感觉像是另外一个故事了。 因为之前都是在嗜读推理小说，换成这样大部头的硬科幻类小说，是有些不适应的。书中完全没有插图，阅读过程中不但要花很...  

《七夏娃》中文版分三册推出，其阅读感觉很像在读金庸的“射雕”三部曲。前两册故事联系紧密，到第三册因为中间有5000年的断代，感觉像是另外一个故事了。 因为之前都是在嗜读推理小说，换成这样大部头的硬科幻类小说，是有些不适应的。书中完全没有插图，阅读过程中不但要花很...  

用户评价

读这本书带给我一种越来越少体验到的感觉：最初和文学，和新世界接触的惊奇。Neal Stephenson是个奇怪的家伙，尽管他自陈其文学目标是将一个好故事，但在这本书中，他却把自己对机械的迷恋推进到前所未有的程度。经常用几页去描述一个自己很得意的设计。第一次读的人需要保持耐心。

细节有些啰嗦得过头了，忽略就好。整个故事还是很精彩的。

细节有些啰嗦得过头了，忽略就好。整个故事还是很精彩的。

读这本书带给我一种越来越少体验到的感觉：最初和文学，和新世界接触的惊奇。Neal Stephenson是个奇怪的家伙，尽管他自陈其文学目标是将一个好故事，但在这本书中，他却把自己对机械的迷恋推进到前所未有的程度。经常用几页去描述一个自己很得意的设计。第一次读的人需要保持耐心。

史诗级。Dhina见证的那些英雄们一个个死去的情节，让我流泪不止。Ymir的六人壮举，Sean孤独的死撑到最后，Markus的神勇，日本核专家献身。。。就连Dhina的第一任男朋友对忍耐号的改造和自杀。。。都哭红眼了。。。为什么写死他们啊？他们的基因多好啊，可惜了。。。五千年后的那节情节不重要（想睡Beled），主要是看个作者对人类的力量抱有的笃定和情怀了。看的是英文版，长篇累牍的细节把想象力榨干了。