Reddit reviews Seveneves: A Novel

Greg Bear's War-Dogs, where marines fight aliens on Mars while colonists ('Muskies') try to remain neutral.
Neal Stephenson's Seveneves has a main character (Sean Probst) who is basically Elon Musk.
Steven Gould's Exo mentions SpaceX repeatedly.

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The book Seveneves is another decent space survival book I enjoyed after reading The Martian. It's Neil Stephenson though so be prepared for things being very verbose. http://www.amazon.com/Seveneves-A-Novel-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0062190377

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson!!

Someone either has been or should be reading Seveneves.

/u/Tsubasa_sama, might I recommend the book Seveneves by Neal Stephenson? It's a book where Earth's moon blows on on the first page, then everyone has to deal with it. I think it's relevant to your interests.

Amazon even pairs it with this, Neal Stephenson's new novel
http://www.amazon.com/Seveneves-A-Novel-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0062190377/ref=pd_sim_b_4?ie=UTF8&refRID=1BA5VZ7WMSSBJGYFXAFC

In the book something hits the moon and breaks it up into a bunch of large pieces and a lot of dust. (No spoilers, it's literally first line of the book) I always wanted some sort of visual for it, so I made this picture. Not the best but it still helps give an idea.

IMO awesome book, and I strongly recommend it to everyone looking for a good sci-fi read!

For those interested in the book, it's on Amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/Seveneves-Novel-Neal-Stephenson/dp/0062190377/

From the Amazon summary:

> From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years.

> What would happen if the world were ending?

> A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking time bomb. In a feverish race against the inevitable, nations around the globe band together to devise an ambitious plan to ensure the survival of humanity far beyond our atmosphere, in outer space.

> But the complexities and unpredictability of human nature coupled with unforeseen challenges and dangers threaten the intrepid pioneers, until only a handful of survivors remain . . .

> Five thousand years later, their progeny—seven distinct races now three billion strong—embark on yet another audacious journey into the unknown . . . to an alien world utterly transformed by cataclysm and time: Earth.

> A writer of dazzling genius and imaginative vision, Neal Stephenson combines science, philosophy, technology, psychology, and literature in a magnificent work of speculative fiction that offers a portrait of a future that is both extraordinary and eerily recognizable. As he did in Anathem, Cryptonomicon, the Baroque Cycle, and Reamde, Stephenson explores some of our biggest ideas and perplexing challenges in a breathtaking saga that is daring, engrossing, and altogether brilliant.

Dust taken from this picture: https://np.reddit.com/r/itookapicture/comments/5uot6v/itap_of_a_friend_making_a_mess_in_my_studio/

City/people/moon picture taken from here: (via google image search)
http://shellymedlockportfolio.blogspot.com.au/2013/09/cityscapes.html

It's by Neal Stephenson and is in a class of disaster where prepping is pretty meaningless.