Project Hail Mary

448 pages

English language

Published June 10, 2022 by Random House Publishing Group.

ISBN:
978-1-5291-0063-1
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Project Hail Mary is a 2021 science fiction novel by American novelist Andy Weir. Set in the near future, the novel centers on junior high (middle) school-teacher-turned-astronaut Ryland Grace, who wakes up from a coma afflicted with amnesia. He gradually remembers that he was sent to the Tau Ceti solar system, 12 light-years from Earth, to find a means of reversing a solar dimming event that could cause the extinction of humanity.Project Hail Mary has received generally positive reviews, and the book was a finalist for the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel. The unabridged audiobook is read by Ray Porter. The film rights have been purchased by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Drew Goddard (who adapted The Martian, Weir's traditional publishing debut, into a 2015 film) is slated to adapt the book into a film. Actor Ryan Gosling plans to star as Grace in the film adaptation.

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Oh, yes. Riviting all the way through, Ryland Grace joins Kevin Brooks, David Teller and Mike Erikson in my hall of high school teachers who totally kick ass. I confess I had my doubts: an alien life form eating the sun? What’s this, a Saturday morning cartoon? Where’s the scientific exposition? The chemical formulae? The soul searching through peril? But of course, they’re all there.

I loved the Martian. I enjoyed Artemis, although felt it was “good” rather than “superb”. But this kept me on the edge of my seat. I feel totally inadiquat as a scientific Human being now; if I woke up and felt something was slightly off, I’d hardly be able to work out what with a tape measure and a test tube. But all the way through, Grace felt like someone I could really enjoy watching. The backstory reveals were fascinating and solid, the jeopardy to …

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  • Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure
  • Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction

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