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Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

Start date: July 16, 2021

Finish date: October 31, 2021

Discussion: FoE Book Club

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Jul 22, 2022 Kris rated it it was amazing

Wow! I really enjoyed this one. Loved the author's style and the voice of the main character. One of the best First Contact encounters I've ever read. I had to go back and read the last couple of chapters again the next day just to soak it all in. ...more

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Aug 21, 2021 travelgirlut rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I hadn't read any synopses about this book before reading it, so I came at it with a clean slate. At first it just felt like The Martian in a different setting. The main character has kind of the same go-get-'em sarcastic personality. But then things happen. The story becomes its own. Would it be wrong to say the book is sweet? I really enjoyed it and loved that it was not what I was expecting at all. ...more

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Sep 18, 2024 Jeff Sovich rated it it was amazing

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Project Hail Mary was one of the best SF books I've read in a long time! Author Andy Weir puts the science aspect front & center and uses it to drive the plot with extraordinary skill! Well written, accessible prose, compelling characters, and a looming threat to all life on Earth make the whole book an enjoyable read. An ending that satisfies without being sappy or cliched is the icing on the cake. An especially clever element is the proces of the human protagonist and an alien being teaching e ...more

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