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Re:Pykrete by akkartik on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @04:07PM (#9847750)
It plays a major role in Neal Stephenson's latest novel, SeveneveS.
Re:Pykrete by jnsaff2 on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @05:46PM (#9848319)
Yes it does. And the book is mighty good as well.
Re:Pykrete by JoachimS on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @09:51PM (#9849321)
The opinion about Seveneves varies quite a lot. I found it to be really bad and a great disappointment, and I am a huge Stephenson fan. Anathem being one of the best reads of my life. Seveneves is far from being a new Anathem.
Re:Pykrete by hypersoar on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @12:14AM (#9849780)
I definitely liked it the least of all the Stephenson I've read. He spends lots of time talking about pykrete and bolides and orbital mechanics and robot swarms and space habitats, and in the end it doesn't feel like he spends very much time talking about people.
Re:Pykrete by mdekkers on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @08:47AM (#9851167)
agreed - interesting story, but many small editing errors, and endless harping on about stuff that doesn't really do anything to drive the narrative forward left me disappointed.
Re:Pykrete by akkartik on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @12:24AM (#9849811)
I've never read Stephenson for the characters.
Re:Pykrete by cicero on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @11:09PM (#9849569)
I like Anathem better, but Seveneves is interesting and worth my while.
Re:Pykrete by akkartik on Wednesday July 08, 2015 @12:23AM (#9849804)
Especially compared to Reamde. Now there was a turd.
Re:Pykrete by igravious on Tuesday July 07, 2015 @06:54PM (#9848655)