After a science-fiction dry spell of more than a decade, Gates picked up "Seveneves" on a friend's recommendation in 2016, and he says he's grateful for it.
"The plot gets going in the first sentence, when the moon blows up," he wrote.
But that's only the beginning. The world soon learns the entire species is doomed: In two years, a cataclysmic meteor shower will destroy all life on the pale blue dot. It's up to humanity to send as many spacecraft into orbit as possible with the hope of escaping the apocalypse.
"You might lose patience with all the information you'll get about space flight," Gates wrote, "but I loved the technical details."
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