Book · 2022 · Fiction
Termination Shock
A Novel
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- episodes recommend it
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One book I read this year was Termination Shock, which I really recommend by Neal Stephenson. I love Neal Stephenson and it's everything I wanted.
Questions about Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson
Who recommends Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson on podcasts?
Charles C. Mann (1 episode) and Stewart Brand (1 episode) have recommended Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson on podcasts. In all, 9 people brought it up across 8 podcasts (2 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention Termination Shock the most?
Pod Save America (2 episodes), a16z Podcast (1 episode), Conversations with Tyler (1 episode), Dwarkesh Podcast (1 episode) and Lex Fridman Podcast (1 episode), among 8 podcasts in all.
Is Termination Shock recommended, or only discussed?
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson was recommended in 3 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 6 episodes, as of 2024-11-29.
What do people say about Termination Shock?
Mentioned on Pod Save America (2023-12-19): "One book I read this year was Termination Shock, which I really recommend by Neal Stephenson. I love Neal Stephenson and it's everything I wanted."
When was Termination Shock last mentioned on a podcast?
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson was last discussed on Pod Save America by Tommy Vietor on 2024-11-29.
What they say about it
- Discusses geoengineering premise“geo engineering schemes”5
- Action version of climate fiction“the action version”3
The best things said about it
Yeah i mean uh the the the new steele newtons and neil stephenson um termination shock is brilliant in terms of um really playing out the geo engineering schemes that are out there.
Stewart Brand Conversations with Tyler · Jan 2022 So, let me give a plug here for a fun novel by my friend Neil Stevenson called Termination Shock, which is about some rich person just do just doing it and just doing geoengineering.
Neil Stevenson has a new book called polan which I'm very excited to read polan Neil Stevenson a great science fiction writer uh he wrote this book termination shock which which which was there were two books about climate change around the same time ministry of the future and uh termination shock termination shock was the the action version and.
Tommy Vietor Pod Save America · Nov 2024 The company's mission was inspired by this recent Neil Stevenson book that I read which was super interesting called termination shot about a Texas an eccentric texas-based billionaire who decides to do some Rogue Geo engineering.
I hope it doesn't come to a billionaire having to operate unilaterally and release a bunch of sulfur into the atmosphere, which is the premise of Termination Shock.
Neal Stephenson a16z Podcast · Nov 2022 Yeah there's a book uh it's this author neil stephenson steven um it's called um oh [ __ ] what's it called um termination shock it's set in the near future where hogs are just out of control.
Where and when it comes up
9 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Termination Shock by Neal Stephenson is a near-future science fiction novel exploring the drastic consequences of rogue geoengineering and global climate change. On Pod Save America, an unidentified host recommended the novel as an engaging read that delivered on every expectation, while Tommy Vietor later expressed excitement over the author's bibliography and praised this prior climate-focused work. Charles C. Mann recommended the fun novel on Dwarkesh Podcast for its depiction of a wealthy individual executing geoengineering schemes. Stewart Brand praised the book on Conversations with Tyler as brilliant research into existing technological interventions for climate change. Mike Judge mentioned the story on The Joe Rogan Experience while talking about feral hogs, and Ben Bowlin brought it up on Stuff They Don't Want You To Know as an example of near-future sci-fi addressing geopolitical tensions. Molly Wood discussed the novel on This Week in Startups, noting that its depiction of an eccentric Texas billionaire inspired a real-world geoengineering mission, and Neal Stephenson himself noted on the a16z Podcast that writing the climate-themed narrative directly influenced his decision to make Lamina1 carbon neutral.
Every mention
Charles C. Mann So, let me give a plug here for a fun novel by my friend Neil Stevenson called Termination Shock, which is… 1
“So, let me give a plug here for a fun novel by my friend Neil Stevenson called Termination Shock, which is about some rich person just do just doing it and just doing geoengineering”
Stewart Brand yeah i mean uh the the the new steele newtons and neil stephenson um termination shock is brilliant in term… 1
“yeah i mean uh the the the new steele newtons and neil stephenson um termination shock is brilliant in terms of um really playing out the geo engineering schemes that are out there”
Ben Bowlin you will see authors writing about it in near future sci-fi like Neil Stevenson's termination shock 1
“you will see authors writing about it in near future sci-fi like Neil Stevenson's termination shock”
Erik Torenberg but you've also done this across a myriad of your books right so so you've been involved in kind of the ear… 1
“but you've also done this across a myriad of your books right so so you've been involved in kind of the early stages of fintech and we've talked about crypto you've now written a book termination shock about carbon removal”
Lex Fridman so in your new book termination shock it's set here in texas part of it is 1
“so in your new book termination shock it's set here in texas part of it is”
Mike Judge yeah there's a book uh it's this author neil stephenson steven um it's called um oh [ __ ] what's it called… 1
“yeah there's a book uh it's this author neil stephenson steven um it's called um oh [ __ ] what's it called um termination shock it's set in the near future where hogs are just out of control”
Molly Wood the company's mission was inspired by this recent Neil Stevenson book that I read which was super interesti… 1
“the company's mission was inspired by this recent Neil Stevenson book that I read which was super interesting called termination shot about a Texas an eccentric texas-based billionaire who decides to do some Rogue Geo engineering”
Neal Stephenson we started talking about this laminate one just a few months after I published a novel termination shock wh… 1
“we started talking about this laminate one just a few months after I published a novel termination shock which is all about global climate change so it would seem weird for me to publish that novel and then a few months later announce”
“in the case of um termination shock we've got someone who's launching a sulfur into the the stratosphere um to do geoengineering if you sit down and actually kind of run the numbers on what it would take to do that”
“I am thinking a lot about the other problem I mentioned the equally big problem of carbon and um I know I know a lot about that at the moment um if I do say so myself that and geoengineering um so um I mean I kind of rolled directly from a book about geoengineering”
“for me that's an optimistic Trend that I hope will continue I hope it doesn't come to a billionaire having to operate unilaterally and release a bunch of sulfur into the atmosphere which is the premise of termination shock”
Tommy Vietor Neil Stevenson has a new book called polan which I'm very excited to read polan Neil Stevenson a great scie… 1
“Neil Stevenson has a new book called polan which I'm very excited to read polan Neil Stevenson a great science fiction writer uh he wrote this book termination shock which which which was there were two books about climate change around the same time ministry of the future and uh termination shock termination shock was the the action version and”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“one book I read this year was termination shock which I really recommend by Neil Stevenson i love neil stevenson and uh it's everything i wanted”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“like people are going to mess around with Geo engineering because Neil Stevenson did all the research for them in his book or whatever”
“exploring ideas in mathematics science cryptography money linguistics philosophy and virtual reality from his early book snow crash to his new one called termination shock”