Project Hail Mary

by Энди Вейер

eBook, 496 pages

English language

Published May 3, 2021 by Random House Publishing Group.

ISBN:: 978-0-593-13521-1
Goodreads:: 222697645

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission–and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.Except that right now, he doesn’t know that. He can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he’s been asleep for a very, very long time. And he’s just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Alone on this tiny ship that’s been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it’s up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance.

Part …

And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance.

Part scientific mystery, part dazzling interstellar journey, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian–while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.

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Alex Cabe reviewed Project Hail Mary by Энди Вейер

Great procedural writing, meh characters

4 stars

4.5 stars for procedural/plotting, 2 stars for characters. Averages out to 4 stars because there's a lot more of the former.

Excellent procedural problem-solving writing and enthusiasm for science that bleeds through the page. The science facts and problems were fun.

I found the characters pretty flat. Noone other than Grace passes the Phantom Menace test, and Grace's emotional arc didn't work for me at all. The reveal toward the end wasn't justified by what happened before or after.

Looking forward to the movie, wondering how they'll make it work with Rocky's speech and the timeline.

4.5 stars for procedural/plotting, 2 stars for characters. Averages out to 4 stars because there's a lot more of the former.

Excellent procedural problem-solving writing and enthusiasm for science that bleeds through the page. The science facts and problems were fun.

Looking forward to the movie, wondering how they'll make it work with Rocky's speech and the timeline.

frosch reviewed Der Astronaut by Энди Вейер

Richtig gut

5 stars

Ich bin durch den Teaser zum bald erscheinenden Film auf das Buch aufmerksam geworden, da es aber Science Fiction ist hab ich mir gedacht hol ich es mir als Hörbuch. Aber dieses Buch hätte ich vermutlich auch gelesen, weil das wirklich richtig spannend ist. Nicht nur das, es wartet mit jeder Menge technischen und wissenschaftlichen Details auf, es ist komisch, es ist traurig, es macht wirklich richtig Spaß. Keine Ahnung wann ich zuletzt so ein spannendes Science-Fiction Buch gelesen habe. Ich bin mal gespannt was der Film können wird, weil ich mir vom Buch her das ganze eher als dreiteilige Miniserie vorstellen kann, als als einzelner Film.

Skaitanti Mėsa reviewed Project Hail Mary by Энди Вейер

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Andy Weir is the reincarnation of Jules Verne for the modern times, I have learned a lot of science from his books and it was fun.

bbbhltz reviewed Project Hail Mary by Энди Вейер

Pure entertainment

5 stars

I think this will be the book I recommend the most this year. It is entertaining from beginning to end. If you like sci-fi or space stories, read it. If you don't, read it anyway because you will laugh. It is very rare that I tear through a book in the span of a day, but, and I apologise for the cliché, I could not put this book down.

Nerd Picnic

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October 13

Subjects

hard science-fiction
science-fiction
sci-fi
hard sci-fi
nyt:hardcover-fiction=2021-05-23
New York Times bestseller
New York Times reviewed
Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure
Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction
thriller
suspense