"Project Hail Mary: A Novel" by Andy Weir

[Lynn McGuire]

"Project Hail Mary: A Novel" by Andy Weir
https://www.amazon.com/Project-Hail-Mary-Andy-Weir/dp/0593135229/

A standalone science fiction book, no prequel or sequel known. I reread
(third or fourth time, not sure) the well printed and well bound trade
paperback published by Ballantine Books in 2022 that I bought new on
Amazon. I will continue to read all books by Andy Weir, this is my
third book of his.

This is a story of love, desperation, betrayal, death, incredibly long
loneliness, and great achievement. This is the story of Rocky and
Grace, two people who never should have met. Please note that this is
not a religious book.

This is not a hard science story as there is an amoeba like creature
that can absorb light and turn it into mass and vice versa (E = mc^2).
And there are space aliens, three wildly different variants. Everything
else is definitely hard science. Science rules !

I loved the spaceship "Hail Mary". It just makes sense for the
multiyear journey to Tau Ceti. And the spaceship is a transformer to
provide a centrifuge for gravity when the engines were not firing, just
cool.

MGM has bought the movie rights to the book for $3 million and Ryan
Gosling has signed on as the main character Grace. The movie is due to
be released in March 2026 to an estimated billion dollar plus box office
like "The Martian". I am not sure who the voice of "Rocky" will be.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lord-millers-project-hail-mary-enlisting-martian-scribe-drew-goddard-1299338/
and
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12042730/

The author has a website at:
https://andyweirauthor.com/

My rating: 6 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (138,620 reviews)

Lynn

[BillGill]

Post by Lynn McGuire
"Project Hail Mary: A Novel" by Andy Weir
   https://www.amazon.com/Project-Hail-Mary-Andy-Weir/dp/0593135229/
A standalone science fiction book, no prequel or sequel known.  I reread
(third or fourth time, not sure) the well printed and well bound trade
paperback published by Ballantine Books in 2022 that I bought new on
Amazon.  I will continue to read all books by Andy Weir, this is my
third book of his.
This is a story of love, desperation, betrayal, death, incredibly long
loneliness, and great achievement.  This is the story of Rocky and
Grace, two people who never should have met.  Please note that this is
not a religious book.
This is not a hard science story as there is an amoeba like creature
that can absorb light and turn it into mass and vice versa (E = mc^2).
And there are space aliens, three wildly different variants.  Everything
else is definitely hard science.  Science rules !
I loved the spaceship "Hail Mary".  It just makes sense for the
multiyear journey to Tau Ceti.  And the spaceship is a transformer to
provide a centrifuge for gravity when the engines were not firing, just
cool.
MGM has bought the movie rights to the book for $3 million and Ryan
Gosling has signed on as the main character Grace.  The movie is due to
be released in March 2026 to an estimated billion dollar plus box office
like "The Martian".  I am not sure who the voice of "Rocky" will be.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lord-millers-
project-hail-mary-enlisting-martian-scribe-drew-goddard-1299338/
and
   https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12042730/
   https://andyweirauthor.com/
My rating: 6 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (138,620 reviews)
Lynn

I read it, but wasn't wild about it. It didn't turn me off
completely, but I can't say that I got totally into it, the
way I did 'The Martian'. I didn't finish 'Artemis'.

Bill

[Paul S Person]

On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:12:22 -0600, Lynn McGuire

Post by Lynn McGuire
"Project Hail Mary: A Novel" by Andy Weir
https://www.amazon.com/Project-Hail-Mary-Andy-Weir/dp/0593135229/

<snippo, gotta get my line count down, apparently>

Post by Lynn McGuire
MGM has bought the movie rights to the book for $3 million and Ryan
Gosling has signed on as the main character Grace. The movie is due to
be released in March 2026 to an estimated billion dollar plus box office
like "The Martian". I am not sure who the voice of "Rocky" will be.

Well, hoped for anyway. Can't really tell till its been out a while.