I have loved some of Stephenson's books, but haven't made it though Seveneves or Dodo. But he's built up enough goodwill with me that I will always give his next book a shot.

A plea: Read Anathem if you haven't. It's great on a number of levels. The less you know about it going in the better.

I enjoyed seveneves. It's certainly not as good as cryptonomicon or anathem but totally worthwhile

I highly recommend seveneves

Excited to read this and contrast with Tad William's Otherland.