He even finds time to indulge in some sophisticated “Animal House” humor (if that’s not a paradoxical description) that allows Stephenson to riff on the theme of Saskia’s love life, a delicate balancing act for a queen. 'Stephenson offers stimulating contrarian views on a number of topics - the drawbacks of solar panels, for example - and jovial satire, mainly at the expense of McHooligan and Texas hype.(.) The result is not so much a novel of ideas as a novel of concepts.' - Omar El Akkad, The New York Times Book Review What feels at first like a largely unrelated side plot (.) comes into focus after a satisfying if highly unlikely (even by the standards of speculative fiction) series of twists.

(.) Once all the pieces are in place, the action picks up and the full force of everything Stephenson spent hundreds of pages constructing becomes clear. There’s just so much character development to get through, so much technological and geopolitical groundwork to lay. (.) (T)he first half of Termination Shock can be a slog. ' Termination Shock is about a lot of things, perhaps the most central of which is the intersection of hubris and technology, that place where the Anthropocene’s prettiest chimeras reside.'At its best, his style creates an immersive depth, but sometimes it goes too far (.) But such moments are the exception in an absorbing speculative fiction about our climate crisis.' - Lisa Tuttle, The Guardian.General information | review summaries | our review | links | about the authorī+ : a solid read, and particularly good in its foundations Trying to meet all your book preview and review needs.

Neal stephenson reamde review