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Thanks![edit]

Thanks to all who put this article together -- I'm at Part 3 ("5,000 years later"), wondering if any of the trogs made it through the "Hard Rain" (aka Hadean reprise). Probably not. Nor have I sorted through how "plausible" the premise is -- after, that is, the mysterious Agent that blows up our moon.... Rather a drastic bottleneck at the SevenEves stage! Cheers, Pete Tillman (talk) 23:15, 2 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

This post is a question on content which is clearly answered in the article (assuming "trog" means "digger". This section is worthless, and imho should be deleted: as stated the talk page is not for a general discussion of the subject. This post adds nothing.72.172.11.34 (talk) 21:30, 23 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

it may add nothing, but at least it isn't bitter, snide & wiki-nazi in tone. far too often the talk page is policed by people who clearly have nothing better to do than repeatedly point out the rules. you've added nothing either. wind your neck in.

duncanrmi (talk) 17:04, 14 May 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Amalthea[edit]

"Amalthea" in the novel is not 113 Amalthea, which is much larger. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Cagliost (talk • contribs)

I read the novel a few months ago buit did not catch that, knowing little about actual astronomy. Is it worth a mention that it is adapting the name from the real thing, as it is mentioned in the asteroid's article? Amusing/interesting aside; the German translation has titled this Amalthea: a Novel. Tarc (talk) 12:28, 17 August 2015 (UTC)[reply]

We can hardly expect an appropriate translation of Stephenson's palindromic title. --Thnidu (talk) 15:31, 2 November 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Parallels with reality[edit]

Any interest (or value) in developing a section where parallels with reality are detailed? Like the fact that "Greg's Skeleton" is a real comet, that there are tech billionaires who are investing in spaceflight and other research projects, etc.?

I personally find it interesting, and wonder if it's worth mentioning in the article, that while within the book Stephenson repeatedly derides religion of all forms, there are numerous religious themes and references, mostly but not exclusively biblical, such as the clear reference to Eve or 5,000 years being on the same order of magnitude as has elapsed between Adam and Eve until our current time, according to the biblical account and best estimates of the time periods it covers. 64.55.128.122 (talk) 18:01, 6 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Pete Starling and the "micrometeor"[edit]

> Unconcerned in the actual success of the project, he is later killed by a micrometeorite

Is this true? I don't have the text in front of me, but i thought it looked like a micrometeorite but it was actually Julia killing him with his own gun. Julia goes flying backwards (recoil) at the same time the strike happens and then they mention the "missing gun". 173.63.99.32 (talk) 18:31, 14 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]