Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir
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Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
I loved this book. Yes, there is a fair amount of scientific language and facts used in constructing this Earth in an apocalyptic crisis. But, don't let that deter you. This an adventure story, and a story of unlikely and unexpected friendship. It is Ryland Grace's story, an unlikely hero, "the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission-and if he fails, humanity and Earth itself will perish" (backcover). An interstellar-traveling microbe, the Astrophage, is doing just that,"eating" the sun, so to speak.
The sun is dimming, which means less heat and less light, and if not stopped, a catastrophe for the planet for which there is no coming back. Grace, a junior high science teacher, and a once-active biologist, winds up on this last ditch expedition, a "hail mary," if there ever was one. He wakes up without memory of who is, yet his knowledge of the sciences intact. He's alone, near Tau Ceti, 11.9 light years from Earth.
And another ship shows up. First Contact, with an alien species who has the same problem as we do. Their sun is in trouble, too. The adventure begins, one of scientific knowledge and experimentation, desperation, inter-species communication with a species far more alien than the strangest of Earth creatures. Grace is an unlikely hero--he didn't want to be on this expedition. How this happens, I will leave for the reader to find out. But he steps up; he does what he has to do.
A page turner, engaging, and funny, even in this desperate situation.
Highly recommended.
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Project Hail Mary by Andy WeirMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I loved this book. Yes, there is a fair amount of scientific language and facts used in constructing this Earth in an apocalyptic crisis. But, don't let that deter you. This an adventure story, and a story of unlikely and unexpected friendship. It is Ryland Grace's story, an unlikely hero, "the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission-and if he fails, humanity and Earth itself will perish" (backcover). An interstellar-traveling microbe, the Astrophage, is doing just that,"eating" the sun, so to speak.
The sun is dimming, which means less heat and less light, and if not stopped, a catastrophe for the planet for which there is no coming back. Grace, a junior high science teacher, and a once-active biologist, winds up on this last ditch expedition, a "hail mary," if there ever was one. He wakes up without memory of who is, yet his knowledge of the sciences intact. He's alone, near Tau Ceti, 11.9 light years from Earth.
And another ship shows up. First Contact, with an alien species who has the same problem as we do. Their sun is in trouble, too. The adventure begins, one of scientific knowledge and experimentation, desperation, inter-species communication with a species far more alien than the strangest of Earth creatures. Grace is an unlikely hero--he didn't want to be on this expedition. How this happens, I will leave for the reader to find out. But he steps up; he does what he has to do.
A page turner, engaging, and funny, even in this desperate situation.
Highly recommended.
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