[Books] Project Hail Mary
Jun. 8th, 2024 07:44 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
yuuagoI finished reading Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary yesterday, and my brain is still in the throes of book hangover.
This was a very fun read! The premise: Space algae is eating the sun and other stars (yes, really). One star, however, appears to be unaffected, so Earth bands together to send a small team on a suicide mission to Tau Ceti to discover the reason for this and hopefully uncover a solution that will save the planet. Turns out, Earth aren't the only ones on such a mission....
It has a similar type of "one guy stuck out in space" base as The Martian does, but it rolls out in a very different way. The writing itself is still very Andy Weir-y, but the protagonist, Ryland Grace, is different enough from The Martian's protagonist in personality that I find him pretty distinct. (And, as I suggested, he isn't entirely isolated...)
This book involves some really fun alien worldbuilding; I found the concept for the Eridians very cool, and the one that we meet really steals the show. Love that dude. But I don't want to get into too much detail about him - I went in completely cold and the experience was great for me.
If you're into wacky premises, space adventures, alien cultures and biology, and saving multiple worlds through the power of science and ~*~friendship~*~, this is definitely one I suggest checking out! But if you have read The Martian and disliked Andy Weir's writing in that, it might be a harder sell.
Also, there's a movie adaptation currently in production. I'm really curious as to how it'll pan out!
This was a very fun read! The premise: Space algae is eating the sun and other stars (yes, really). One star, however, appears to be unaffected, so Earth bands together to send a small team on a suicide mission to Tau Ceti to discover the reason for this and hopefully uncover a solution that will save the planet. Turns out, Earth aren't the only ones on such a mission....
It has a similar type of "one guy stuck out in space" base as The Martian does, but it rolls out in a very different way. The writing itself is still very Andy Weir-y, but the protagonist, Ryland Grace, is different enough from The Martian's protagonist in personality that I find him pretty distinct. (And, as I suggested, he isn't entirely isolated...)
This book involves some really fun alien worldbuilding; I found the concept for the Eridians very cool, and the one that we meet really steals the show. Love that dude. But I don't want to get into too much detail about him - I went in completely cold and the experience was great for me.
If you're into wacky premises, space adventures, alien cultures and biology, and saving multiple worlds through the power of science and ~*~friendship~*~, this is definitely one I suggest checking out! But if you have read The Martian and disliked Andy Weir's writing in that, it might be a harder sell.
Also, there's a movie adaptation currently in production. I'm really curious as to how it'll pan out!
Yuu. Fic writer & book lover. M/Canada.
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Date: 2024-06-08 06:42 pm (UTC)Loved that guy. It's a great book, but he was my fav part!
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Date: 2024-06-09 02:11 am (UTC)After looking it up, sounds like lots of people really liked him, ha. I wonder how the adaptation is going to handle him. :Va
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Date: 2024-06-09 10:07 pm (UTC)and probably my heartno subject
Date: 2024-06-10 04:33 pm (UTC)Hopefully you'll enjoy it! Apparently the audiobook is also really good, if that's more your thing.
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Date: 2024-06-10 06:18 pm (UTC)