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> I think "The Martian" counts as moving forward, but I'm much less happy with most of the books Amazon recommends for me

I'd believe that more if there would have been any wider followup of similar works. But alas, there hasn't been (or at least I haven't heard of them), so I'm more likely to categorize The Martian as an outlier rather than a herald of new era.

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I actually think Seveneves might have pretty much been inspired by The Martian.

How so? Seveneves development started around 2006. The Martian was first published in 2011.

I'm sad that a lot of the progress looks like outliers, but I think it's a mistake to claim there hasn't been any progress (note, I'm not accusing you or the original article of making that claim; I would have liked more progress but I have to admit there's been some).

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