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Can I give a quick plug for Neal Stephenson's new novel, Seveneves? The character Sean Probst, an eccentric billionaire rocket entrepreneur, is very much based
by dankohn1 11y ago
Can I give a quick plug for Neal Stephenson's new novel, Seveneves? The character Sean Probst, an eccentric billionaire rocket entrepreneur, is very much based on Musk, and is a lot of fun.
If you're going to potentially burn out in your job, having Iron Man and a Stephenson character partially based on you is not a bad way to go.
(I also recommend the recent Ashlee Vance Musk biography.)
- sjclemmy 11y agoHa ha - I just read Seveneves, the Probst character was quite funny. While I've enjoyed Stephenson's novels in the past, I don't think Seveneves is his best. It's a little bit formulaic, far fetched and plodding. I preferred Reamde. It's the only thing I've ever read that gave me an insight into the mindset of the mid-west gun loving conservative that seems to maintain the status quo of gun law in the US.