I just hope he adds some stretch goals in there
I think the real problem with a 'billion years' is well illustrated on this board. A specific number allows speculation and comparisons to real science.
Ahh so the new civilisation aren't human. At least that's believable. Having evolution reset nine times is a cool idea.
There is a sci-fi series of books written around an alien race that is getting "reset" every x thousand of years. A nice read by the way:
The Mote in God's Eye - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
You mean like Dune, a novel where the artificial Messiah, bred by a coven of cynical, telepathic, ninja-witches, comes of age in a quasi-feudal space empire that runs on a hallucinogenic, life-extending, magic drug that's also a rather transparent stand-in for petroleum?Most of the best sci-fi settings or novels are based on scientific background because that is what makes them believable to the reader; like fantasy settings are "believable" because alot of them are based on the lore and myths from the past civilisations.