Termination Shock, Neal Stephenson
Termination Shock, Neal Stephenson
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Termination Shock
A Novel

Bestseller

Author: Neal Stephenson

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Unabridged: 22 hr 54 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 11/16/2021


Synopsis

New York Times BestsellerFrom Neal Stephenson—who coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash—comes a sweeping, prescient new thriller that transports readers 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 ReviewOne 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.

About Neal Stephenson

Neal Stephenson is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the novels Termination Shock, Fall; or, Dodge in Hell, The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. (with Nicole Galland), Seveneves, Reamde, Anathem, The System of the World, The Confusion, Quicksilver, Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, Zodiac, and the groundbreaking nonfiction work In the Beginning . . .Was the Command Line. He lives in Seattle, Washington.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Paula on July 24, 2024

I read this latest ultra-near-future story of science fiction by Neal Stephenson on a road trip through the American West. We drove under smoky skies and through swirling wildfire ash. We whipped through thousands of acres of desert transformed into open-air ag factories, irrigated by water trapped......more

Goodreads review by Michael on August 28, 2021

Termination Shock is described as a "techno-thriller about climate change," but I'm not sure it fully delivers on its promise. It is, for one, mostly not thrilling. And while it is certainly about climate change, Stephenson used climate change issues more as a conduit for the rest of the story--in o......more

Goodreads review by Anissa on November 21, 2021

Well, it was a surprising three star read for me. This was one of my most anticipated reads of 2021. Vivid and compelling beginning, slog of a middle (at 700 pages that clocks in at hundreds of eye-crossing pages with lots of things happening to many characters in ways that feel disparate while flog......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on November 27, 2021

Neal Stephenson writes Cli-Fi! Of course, what this means in layman's terms is that an author with a penchant for a LOT of research and a brave heart just slammed a close-to-home ecological disaster onto our table and has said, read it and weep. It's very valid to compare this novel to KSR's The Mini......more

Goodreads review by Devon on September 15, 2021

A 700 page short story or perhaps a collection of short stories. I'll try to explain without revealing the "plot" such as it is. I mean that it's a short story in the sense that there's not what I would call a real or interesting plot here. There is a jumble of ideas, but they never really come toge......more