{"id":30532,"date":"2018-01-28T08:49:04","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T12:49:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30532"},"modified":"2018-01-28T08:49:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T12:49:04","slug":"james-recommends-seveneves-by-neal-stephenson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/james-recommends-seveneves-by-neal-stephenson\/","title":{"rendered":"James recommends &#8220;Seveneves&#8221; by Neal Stephenson"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-30536 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Seveneves.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"332\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Seveneves.jpg 332w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/Seveneves-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 332px) 100vw, 332px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, James Hukill (K7NEO), who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So I just about wrapping up reading a new book that has morse code mentioned as a part of the plot in darn near 80% of the book. Well and not in a cheese demeaning way.<\/p>\n<p>[Stephenson] is one of my favorite authors and popular enough to not be obscure to most folks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seveneves\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"625\" height=\"550\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen style=\"max-width:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/read.amazon.com\/kp\/card?preview=inline&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;ref_=k4w_oembed_fO2bxSGlWtfwKW&#038;asin=0062334514&#038;tag=swlcom01-20\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<blockquote><p>Anyways, thanks for all your hard work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>My pleasure, and thank you for the book recommendation, James! I read through the synopsis and&#8211;being a sci-fi and dystopia fan&#8211;it does sound like a fascinating read indeed! Putting this on my wishlist.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0062334514\/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=swlcom01-20&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;creativeASIN=0062334514&amp;linkId=9d061b3974f1fe41b845278f7008a2c6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to view on Amazon.com (affiliate link).<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, James Hukill (K7NEO), who writes: So I just about wrapping up reading a new book that has morse code mentioned as a part of the plot in darn near 80% of the book. Well and not in a cheese demeaning way. [Stephenson] is one of my favorite authors and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[251,3],"tags":[4090,6796,6795],"class_list":["post-30532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-news","tag-books","tag-james-hukill-k7neo","tag-seveneves-neal-stephenson"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7Ws","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41782,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/titanic-radio-may-soon-be-recovered\/","url_meta":{"origin":30532,"position":0},"title":"Titanic radio may soon be recovered","author":"Thomas","date":"January 29, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: The Washington Post via Davud Iurescia, LW4DAF) [...]\u201cLying two and a half miles below the ocean surface, the RMS Titanic is the subject of the most documented maritime tragedy in history,\u201d British Transport and Maritime Minister Nusrat Ghani said in a statement. \u201cThis momentous agreement with the United States\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/titanic-radio-room.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/titanic-radio-room.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/titanic-radio-room.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":57734,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/can-you-identify-the-radios-in-in-harms-way\/","url_meta":{"origin":30532,"position":1},"title":"Can you identify the radios in &#8220;In Harm&#8217;s Way&#8221;&#8211;?","author":"Thomas","date":"September 10, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who writes: From the 1965 classic In Harm's Way about the U.S. Navy after the Pearl Harbor attack. 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