In spite of reading and mostly liking everything else by Stephenson.
Edit: but then I couldn't enjoy Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series (I did get to the end) too much. Because half the book was a RPG system manual describing game mechanics.
Think that was my problem with Seveneves as well. It read like a 'how to build and run a space station' manual.
In spite of reading and mostly liking everything else by Stephenson.
Edit: but then I couldn't enjoy Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn series (I did get to the end) too much. Because half the book was a RPG system manual describing game mechanics.
Think that was my problem with Seveneves as well. It read like a 'how to build and run a space station' manual.