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SheilaT

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2. Almost halfway through "Seveneves" by Neal Stephenson.
Sun Jun 19, 2016, 02:10 PM
Jun 2016

Really good.

For those who don't already know about it, the set-up is that something or another (it's never determined what) causes the Moon to split apart, initially into seven large hunks, hence the title. But astronomers studying it realize pretty quickly that as the hunks collide, they will shatter into smaller and smaller pieces, and eventually will rain down on Earth destroying all life.

Eventually is only two years away.

Really, really good, although my eyes do glaze over periodically when he goes into detailed explanations of various things.

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