Seveneves : [a novel] / Neal Stephenson.
By: Stephenson, Neal [author.].
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, NY : William Morrow an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: First edition.General Notes: Illustrations also on lining pages; Subtitle from dust jacket.Description: 867 pages, 2 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780062190376; 9780062396075.Other title: Seven eves | 7 eves.Subject(s): Space colonies -- Fiction | Disasters -- Fiction | Survival -- Fiction | Earth (Planet) -- Fiction | Outer space -- Exploration -- FictionDDC classification: 813/.54 Summary: 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.Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Two Weeks | Davenport Library Circulating Collection | Print-Circulating | 813.54 St451 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 34284003741329 |
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Illustrations also on lining pages.
Subtitle from dust jacket.
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.
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