A review by mschlat
Atmosphæra Incognita by Neal Stephenson

3.0

A tasty little apéritif with a focus on a huge engineering project (a future twenty-kilometer-high Tower of Babel). It's not so much a story as a means for Stephenson to describe how such a thing could be built and reminded me strongly of similar passages in [b:Anathem|2845024|Anathem|Neal Stephenson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1488349209l/2845024._SX50_.jpg|6163095] (inspired by the Clock of the Long Now) and some of the technology in the latter part of [b:Seveneves|22816087|Seveneves|Neal Stephenson|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1449142000l/22816087._SY75_.jpg|42299347]. It's by no means a necessary read, but it is short and enjoyable.