įive thousand years later, their progenyâ?seven distinct races now three billion strongâ?embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown. 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.īut the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain. What would happen if the world were ending?Ī catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. Furthermore, Stephenson, who has written articles about technology for Wired, has the expertise to ground the science in his fiction.From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epicâ?a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.

Then again, the material could prove to be the perfect challenge for the next auteur to develop into the next Interstellar. With existential themes surrounding the survival of the human race set in space, Seveneves could prove to be the next great science fiction series, in the vein of Battlestar Galactica.

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see the out-of-this-world potential for this property to launch into the television and film sphere. 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. This epic sci-fi story begins with a catastophic event that renders the earth a ticking time bomb. The novel, published by William Morrow in May, is repped by Liz Darhansoff for Darhansoff & Verrill, with Rich Green handling TV and film rights for ICM. Neal Stephenson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem and Cryptonomicon, has a hot new sci-fi property making waves on the market, SEVENEVES. 〉 Stephenson has also written on technology for Wired.

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