Seveneves: A Novel
her eyes went momentarily out of focus as her brain decoded the dots and dashes into a string of letters and numbers:
Neal Stephenson • Seveneves: A Novel
The director of mission operations was sitting in front of the camera stroking his iPad. He didn’t seem to be aware that the camera was on.
Neal Stephenson • Seveneves: A Novel
ibid
sideways so
Neal Stephenson • Seveneves: A Novel
“Those of us who are going to live,” Dinah said, “have to start living by our own lights.”
Neal Stephenson • Seveneves: A Novel
“NONE OF YOU WILL EVER STAND ON TERRA FIRMA, TOUCH YOUR loved ones, or breathe the atmosphere of your mother planet again,”
Neal Stephenson • Seveneves: A Novel
not delaying big jumps. just gets right into it saying through a character
the mind worked. The
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omniscient narrator is handy
WHAT ASTRONOMERS DIDN’T KNOW OUTWEIGHED, BY AN ALMOST infinite ratio, what they did.
Neal Stephenson • Seveneves: A Novel
pace = short, clippy but effective in showing people, rather than describing them. Quick little moments of relationship to get in description, personality, backstory
deflection of her eyes,
Neal Stephenson • Seveneves: A Novel
Free from the constraints of racking up high test scores or getting into colleges, students could