Not stopping would require me to actually start first. I haven’t gotten that far yet. Seems to be the difficult part.

Well, generally speaking the easiest way to do that is to stop only once you’re past the 20k mark.

I thought it was very good. Stephenson does have a tendency to get really into whatever the subject matter of his story is, eg. cryptography in cryptonomicon, MMOs and gaming in REAMDE, Alan turing and AI in The Diamond Age etc. I find it to be an endearing aspect lf his writing. Definitely recommend Seveneves.

I’m missing communities for specific games. Starcraft, stormgate, path of exile and the kind.

I’m sure more of them will start popping up/getting more active of the trend of people joining continues.