Seveneves: A Novel

“A better analogy might be to a burned-down stump being used to ignite a new candle.

comely,

synecdoche

“We are just proceeding adaptively to leverage our core competencies.”

Because it was through trivia that the mind was anchored in reality, as the largest oak tree was rooted, ultimately, in a system of rootlets no larger than the silver hairs on the president’s head.

valedictory

deflection of her eyes,

“Tensegrity.”

save at the neck.