Do I need to read Reamde before Fall?

At the center of Fall is Richard Dodge, who featured in Stephenson’s 2011 novel Reamde. (You don’t need to read Reamde to understand what’s happening in Fall; I haven’t.) Dodge is a video game designer, and as the novel opens in the near future, he dies.

Is fall a sequel to Reamde?

In Neal Stephenson’s ‘Fall,’ there is life after death. Neal Stephenson’s new novel, as his veteran fans will soon discern, is a sequel to his earlier book, “Reamde,” though it’s not touted as such in the marketing material. By contrast, “Fall” starts in the near future and spans a century.

Is there a sequel to The Rise and Fall of dodo?

Title: Master of the Revels: Book 2 (The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O.)

Is Seveneves realistic?

Neal Stephenson’s science fiction novel Seveneves (2015) is a work of capitalist realism, providing only a glimpse of hope – one of a reoccurrence of the US-style late 20th century capitalism in 7,000 ACE, on the New Earth. …

What is the rise and fall of Dodo about?

The story follows the members of a secret U.S. government agency known as the Department of Diachronic Operations (D.O.D.O.) as they attempt to change history through the use of magic. Stephenson and Galland had previously written together on The Mongoliad.

Why did the moon explode Seveneves?

The Agent (as people came to call the mysterious force that did it) released a very large amount of energy, to be sure, but not nearly enough to turn all the moon’s substance into fire. The most generally accepted theory was that the puff of dust observed by the Utah astronomer was caused by an impact.

What will happen if the moon explodes?

If the moon exploded, the night sky would change. We would see more stars in the sky, but we would also see more meteors and experience more meteorites. The position of the Earth in space would change and temperatures and seasons would dramatically alter, and our ocean tides would be much weaker.

How realistic is Seveneves?

One is Stephenson’s writing on technology. Seveneves belongs in the subgenre of hard science fiction, which means it emphasizes scientific accuracy. Everything adheres to physical laws, so unlike Star Wars, no one travels anywhere near the speed of light. Stephenson tells you not just what happens, but how it happens.