re: Seveneves - Neal Stephenson

Most of Stephenson's work boils down to really smart and funny protagonists doing really hard things. It's usually a blast. The business plan and dwarf/hobbit dinner party analogy in Cryptonomicon are among my favorite passages of his. Reamde is my favorite because it's closest to an airport novel. "American Taliban" in Idaho is hilarious. Anathem is Stephenson's most organized and interesting novel IMO. It's also hilarious. Seveneves is great, but the glider exposition went on way too long.