
Termination Shock
A Novel
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Edoardo Ballerini
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Neal Stephenson
New York Times Bestseller
From Neal Stephenson—who coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash—comes a sweeping, prescient new thriller that transports listeners to a near-future world in which the greenhouse effect has inexorably resulted in a whirling-dervish troposphere of superstorms, rising sea levels, global flooding, merciless heat waves, and virulent, deadly pandemics.
“Stephenson is one of speculative fiction’s most meticulous architects. . . . Termination Shock manages to pull off a rare trick, at once wildly imaginative and grounded.” — New York Times Book Review
One man—visionary billionaire restaurant chain magnate T. R. Schmidt, Ph.D.—has a Big Idea for reversing global warming, a master plan perhaps best described as “elemental.” But will it work? And just as important, what are the consequences for the planet and all of humanity should it be applied?
Ranging from the Texas heartland to the Dutch royal palace in the Hague, from the snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas to the sunbaked Chihuahuan Desert, Termination Shock brings together a disparate group of characters from different cultures and continents who grapple with the real-life repercussions of global warming. Ultimately, it asks the question: Might the cure be worse than the disease?
Epic in scope while heartbreakingly human in perspective, Termination Shock sounds a clarion alarm, ponders potential solutions and dire risks, and wraps it all together in an exhilarating, witty, mind-expanding speculative adventure.
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The opening of this book is a pinch in the gut, speaking plainly about the state of the world just a couple decades from now. Nothing feels like too big a leap and it stopped feeling like a novel set in the future very quickly. It's a great warning.
The weakest side of things is the direct nature of the storm nothing feels like a turn ever, just a jaunt to a final destination. But maybe that's the point. it never loses you along the way because it wants to be sure you're following along with the important backdrop of it all.
I wouldn't recommend this book to everyone but if you've liked the author's previous work or enjoy a little future forecasting, chances are you'll like this one as well.
A good book for our time
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Excellent near future speculative fiction
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really enjoyed this
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Fun story with interesting concept.
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Best Neal Stephenson book of the last few years.
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Cool story, well read, but Dutch needs work.
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Good, not great.
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Termination Shock doesn't disappoint in either account
a new perspective
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Not great
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Light on suspense heavy on science
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