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Cargando... Seveneves (edición 2016)por Neal Stephenson (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Beautifully written, exciting story with a satisfying "gap" in the narrative that makes this a very unusual tale. Incredibly detailed and descriptive in parts and broad brush in others makes it feel uneven, but definitely worth the effort overall. ( ) When a novel has the premise that everyone on Earth is going to die in two years, it's strange to feel that it's somehow timely. Yet I certainly thought it was apt for current affairs when reading the rapid reaction, or sometimes failure to react well, of the characters in this book when confronted with an all consuming crisis. At least for someone who loves detailed descriptions of propellant use, the most exciting and heartening parts of the novel are the technical challenges in keeping people alive. The most disconcerting are the political dynamics that threaten to upend the entire project. At a time when I'd love to think that we can exert some collective, coordinated action to address pressing problems, it's a reminder that there's a lot of potential and a lot of challenges remaining. As a story, Seveneves benefits from tremendous imagination and beautiful description of the unfamiliar environments and the ways that characters navigate them. The characters themselves are sometimes hard to follow (there are many!) but it's compelling enough to keep you page-turning. I think if there was one weakness, it'd be that the neatness is just a bit overdone. By the end, it feels like everything tied together in a way that could be amazing, but feels a little bit forced. I take it as a reminder that while plotlines can resolve themselves in an elegant way in fiction, it rarely will in reality. This has some really interesting ideas: moon exploded by mysterious 'Agent'; various ways of surviving that inside, over and under the earth's surface; preparations for apocalypse. But they get lost in some dull and far too long technical exposition, thinly-drawn characters, and a fragmented (no lunar pun intended!) plot with an indifferent ending (so maybe there's a sequel on the way? Nineeves?). This needed an editor with sharp scissors and firm feedback to the author. Back in high school, I was entranced by [b:Lucifer's Hammer|218467|Lucifer's Hammer|Larry Niven|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388268115s/218467.jpg|1842237], a disaster novel in which intrepid people save remnants of humanity through engineering. Seveneves is very much that kind of novel. The book is split into two halves: a near-future setting in which the disaster happens, and a far-future setting in which we see how decisions made in the first half have come to play out. Most of the science and engineering woven throughout it is solid. But I found that the situation at the end of the first half required a big suspension of disbelief on my part in order to set up the second half. YMMV. Nonetheless, I very much enjoyed the large-cast storytelling that Stephenson revels in. The characters are vivid and engaging, varied in their motivations and relationships. While it doesn't grab me the way [b:Snow Crash|830|Snow Crash|Neal Stephenson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1424472532s/830.jpg|493634] and [b:The Diamond Age|827|The Diamond Age or, A Young Lady's Illustrated Primer|Neal Stephenson|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1388180931s/827.jpg|2181158] did, it is still a worthy read.
"Seveneves" is as hard as "hard science fiction" gets: cool bits of science and speculation about the future of technology, space and culture, with a plot and dialogue bolted on to make it more enjoyable to follow. That said, Stephenson's speculation is fascinating. He's got a lot to say about the physics of whips, glider transportation, military robotics, and everything else that can be crammed into his premise. "None of this makes Seveneves the kind of hard SF in which you see a writer dutifully populating his universe with characters who have feelings even though you can tell he just wants to write about giant space gadgets. Stephenson’s people are vivid and terrified: they bicker and cry and perform heroic deeds." "No slim fables or nerdy novellas for Stephenson (Anathem, 2008, etc.): his visions are epic, and he requires whole worlds—and, in this case, solar systems—to accommodate them." "Stephenson’s remarkable novel is deceptively complex, a disaster story and transhumanism tale that serves as the delivery mechanism for a series of technical and sociological visions." Pertenece a las series editorialesContieneTiene como guía/complementario de referencia aPremiosDistincionesListas de sobresalientes
Neal Stephenson vuelve con su mejor obra desde Criptonomicón, un golpe de autoridad en la ciencia ficción actual que ha logrado colarse en la lista de más vendidos del New York Times, crear una gran expectación ante su publicación, convencer unánimamente a la crítica y los lectores y convertirse en uno de los diez libros de ficción científica más vendidos en 2015 en Estados Unidos. Es, pues, en palabras de Booklist, «un libro destinado a dominar tus lecturas anuales de ciencia ficción», al afrontar algunos de nuestros desafíos más desconcertantes en una historia atrevida, absorbente y absolutamente brillante. ¿Qué sucedería si llegase el fin del mundo? Cuando un hecho catastrófico convierte la Tierra en una bomba de relojería, se inicia una carrera desenfrenada contra lo inevitable. Las principales naciones del mundo elaboran un ambicioso plan para garantizar la supervivencia de la humanidad más allá de nuestra atmósfera. Pero los intrépidos pioneros sufren todo tipo de peligros imprevistos, hasta que solo queda un puñado de supervivientes? Cinco mil años después, sus descendientes ?siete razas diferenciadas que conforman una población de tres mil millones de personas? se embarcan en otro audaz viaje a lo desconocido, hacia un mundo alienígena totalmente transformado por el tiempo y los cataclismos: la Tierra. Neal Stephenson ?autor de genio asombroso e imaginación desbordante? combina ciencia, filosofía, tecnología, psicología y literatura en una excelente obra de ficción especulativa que nos ofrece un retrato de un futuro simultáneamente extraordinario y reconocible. «Una obra maestra de la ciencia ficción hard que todo fan del género debería leer.» Library Journal «Los personajes centrales de Stephenson, en su mayoría mujeres, sirven como un correctivo necesario a los clichés del género.» Chicago Tribune «Una novela de grandes ideas, pero también de personalidades, de corazones, y de una clase particular de esperanza que solo aparece en las novelas de Stephenson.» BookPage No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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