Fall or, Dodge in Hell

From the New York Times bestselling author of SEVENEVES

‘One of the great novels of our time’ Wall Street Journal
‘Staggering’ New York Times
‘Captivating’ Washington Post
‘Cutting-edge’ Booklist
‘Epic’ Kirkus
‘Mind-blowing’ Slate

What if we could live forever?

What if we did?

In Fall or, Dodge in Hell exists a world where we hold the keys to our own mortality, where the limits of survival no longer exist, and the potential to decide our fates lies in our corruptible hands.

From one of the greatest speculative writers of our time comes an epic saga of life and death, power and technology, and a future that isn’t as far away as it seems…

Reviews

Praise for FALL OR, DODGE IN HELL:

‘It keeps you reading, it makes you think, and, by the end, it generates that sense of wonder that is the very lifeblood of science fiction’ Guardian

‘A staggering feat of imagination, intelligence and stamina… The result is a story that touches on society, technology, spirituality and even eschatology, a far-reaching attempt at a grand myth that is breathtaking in scope and ambition… a one-of-a-kind synthesis of daring and originality, unafraid to venture into wild and unmapped conceptual territory’ New York Times

‘One of the great novels of our time’ Wall Street Journal

‘Captivating … The passages set in the real world display all of Stephenson’s usual witty brilliance when it comes to technology and culture’ Washington Post

‘[Stephenson is a] speculative-fiction virtuoso… There are enough futuristic, envelope-pushing ideas here, especially related to AI and digital consciousness, to keep even nonfans and science buffs intrigued. Best-selling Stephenson is cutting-edge and his followers and all readers intrigued by shrewd speculative fiction will queue up’ Booklist Starred Review

‘An audacious epic’ Kirkus, Starred Review

‘There's no part of this book that doesn't chug and hum with that big-brain energy of near-future extrapolation that Stephenson's fans love him for… Stephenson's greatest strength as a writer has always been that he sees just a little bit further and a little bit clearer than the rest of us do’ NPR

‘Elegantly written’ SFX

‘A feat of mind-blowing adventure powered by deep existential questions’ Slate

‘Gripping … a fantasy-science-fiction adventure story that is closer to reality than you might think’ The Week

About the author

Neal Stephenson is the author of Seveneves, Reamde, Anathem, the three-volume historical epic The Baroque Cycle (Quicksilver, The Confusion, and The System of the World) as well as Cryptonomicon, The Diamond Age, Snow Crash, and Zodiac. He is (with Nicole Galland) one of the seven coauthors of the Mongoliad Trilogy, and The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. He lives in Seattle, Washington.