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That novel is a work of a legend. Especially, the future part. Ecen Christopher nolan won't be able to do justice to this novel.(maybe he could)

remarkEon 8y ago
It appears Ron Howard will make an attempt. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves#Film_adaptation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves#Film_adaptation
- daeken 8y ago
  I've thought a lot about how Seveneves could be adapted, and man ... it's going to be a tough thing to pull off. A movie trilogy might be able to cover half of it. Were I to do it myself, I'd probably go for a three-season TV series, with each season being one of the parts of the novel. I have no doubt that there's a ton that can be cut from an adaptation, but I'd be hard pressed to cut much, personally. I'm very bearish on any potential adaptation to a single film, as much as I'd love to see one happen.
  - SOLAR_FIELDS 8y ago
    Whoever attempts it should try soon because then the people that Stephenson actually modeled his characters after could play the roles in the film/TV series. For instance, one of the characters in the first part of the book is obviously modeled on Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
    - sharcerer 8y ago
      yeah. Even that head of rocket company seems to be a bit inspired by Blue Origins/SpaceX. Neal has worked for Blue Origins in some capacity. Also, TV series would be much better because it's spread over a number of episodes giving a sense of time.
overcast 8y ago
Has his writing style improved since Snow Crash and prior works? I don't think I can handle slogging through another Stephenson novel.
- sharcerer 8y ago
  Well, i haven't read Snow Crash. I read about it on wiki and decided to skip it. But i admit, while I was reading i got bored in between because pace had slowed down and then I skipped a few dozen pages , read a few lines and skipped way more and read more because wanted to know about the end as I was becoming really impatient. Anyways after reaching the end, i felt guilty that I skipped through a lot. A few days later I started reading again from the point I began skipping and in the later parts , i got to know that I had misunderstood some parts while skipping, so it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Also, some space stuff would have been better explained with a rough diagram. I guess, I got bored in between because I was reading a novel after a really long time. also, I got to know about Neal and this novel via Bill Gates' summer reading list a few years ago.
- inimino 8y ago
  I would say Seveneves was more science focused than Snow Crash, which made it a better fit for his style. If the science bits don't do anything for you, I mean, ...

remarkEon 8y ago

It appears Ron Howard will make an attempt. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves#Film_adaptation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seveneves#Film_adaptation

daeken 8y ago
I've thought a lot about how Seveneves could be adapted, and man ... it's going to be a tough thing to pull off. A movie trilogy might be able to cover half of it. Were I to do it myself, I'd probably go for a three-season TV series, with each season being one of the parts of the novel. I have no doubt that there's a ton that can be cut from an adaptation, but I'd be hard pressed to cut much, personally. I'm very bearish on any potential adaptation to a single film, as much as I'd love to see one happen.
- SOLAR_FIELDS 8y ago
  Whoever attempts it should try soon because then the people that Stephenson actually modeled his characters after could play the roles in the film/TV series. For instance, one of the characters in the first part of the book is obviously modeled on Neil DeGrasse Tyson.
  - sharcerer 8y ago
    yeah. Even that head of rocket company seems to be a bit inspired by Blue Origins/SpaceX. Neal has worked for Blue Origins in some capacity. Also, TV series would be much better because it's spread over a number of episodes giving a sense of time.

overcast 8y ago

Has his writing style improved since Snow Crash and prior works? I don't think I can handle slogging through another Stephenson novel.

sharcerer 8y ago
Well, i haven't read Snow Crash. I read about it on wiki and decided to skip it. But i admit, while I was reading i got bored in between because pace had slowed down and then I skipped a few dozen pages , read a few lines and skipped way more and read more because wanted to know about the end as I was becoming really impatient. Anyways after reaching the end, i felt guilty that I skipped through a lot. A few days later I started reading again from the point I began skipping and in the later parts , i got to know that I had misunderstood some parts while skipping, so it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Also, some space stuff would have been better explained with a rough diagram. I guess, I got bored in between because I was reading a novel after a really long time. also, I got to know about Neal and this novel via Bill Gates' summer reading list a few years ago.
inimino 8y ago
I would say Seveneves was more science focused than Snow Crash, which made it a better fit for his style. If the science bits don't do anything for you, I mean, ...