Termination Shock

Livre broché, 720 pages

Langue : English

Publié 12 mai 2022 par HarperCollins Publishers.

ISBN :: 978-0-00-840440-6

(1 critique)

Neal Stephenson’s sweeping, prescient new novel transports readers to a near-future world where 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.

One man 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?

As only Stephenson can, 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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Termination Shock

5 étoiles

For once a properly thought out, coherent, and well paced (from start to end) book from Stephenson. Given the times we now find ourselves in, the climate discourse is most likely about to be weaponised by the tangerine man baby and his sycophants. This tale is testament to the fact that maybe, just maybe, an individual (albeit one with rather a lot of resource and connections) could make a difference. As usual with Stephenson, lots of ideas and concepts, unlike some of his previous efforts, these all seem eminently achievable in the short term. I found it well written, engaging, and hugely enjoyable to read.,