Books like Seveneves
12 books with a reading profile close to Seveneves by Neal Stephenson. Outward-looking and escapist; a moderate read.
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1
Cryptonomicon
Also outward-looking · dense, narrative
The narrative weaves two distinct timelines centered on the evolution of data security and communication.
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2
Foundation's Fear
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
In this prequel to the original series, Hari Seldon maneuvers through the dangerous bureaucracy of Trantor while seeking the post of First Minister under Emperor Cleon I.
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3
The Ministry for the Future
Also outward-looking · dense, narrative
The narrative begins with a catastrophic heatwave in India that kills millions, prompting the creation of a Zurich-based UN body titled the Ministry for the Future.
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4
The War of the Worlds
by H.G. Wells
Also outward-looking and escapist · narrative, science fiction
The narrative follows an unnamed protagonist in Surrey as massive metallic cylinders land across the English countryside.
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5
The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress
Also outward-looking and escapist · narrative, science fiction
The story follows Manuel Garcia O'Kelly-Davis, a computer technician who discovers that the lunar colony’s central computer, Mike, has achieved self-awareness.
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6
Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
Also outward-looking · dense, narrative
Ron Chernow chronicles the life of the first U.S.
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7
The Universal Computer
by Martin Davis
Also outward-looking · narrative, technical
Martin Davis traces the evolution of modern computing through the mathematical logic developed between the seventeenth and mid-twentieth centuries.
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8
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham, Marcel Battin
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Bill Masen wakes in a London hospital with his eyes bandaged, missing a spectacular celestial display that has blinded almost everyone on Earth.
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9
When the World Screamed
Also outward-looking and escapist · narrative, science fiction
Professor Challenger posits that the Earth is a living organism, a colossal echinoderm with a sensitive cortex protected by the planetary crust.
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10
Snow Crash
Also outward-looking and escapist · narrative, science fiction
In a near-future Los Angeles partitioned into sovereign corporate franchises, Hiro Protagonist delivers pizzas for the Mafia and hacks within the Metaverse, a three-dimensional virtual reality landscape he helped build.
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11
Foundation's Edge
by Isaac Asimov
Also outward-looking · narrative, science fiction
Five centuries after Hari Seldon established the Foundation, Councilman Golan Trevize begins to doubt the mathematical certainty of the Seldon Plan.
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Machines Who Think
Also outward-looking · narrative, technical
Pamela McCorduck chronicles the evolution of artificial intelligence from its roots in ancient mythology and clockwork automata to the formal 1956 Dartmouth Summer Research Project.
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