Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

They say hunger is the greatest seasoning. When you’re starving, your brain rewards you handsomely for finally eating. Good job, it says, we get to not die for a while!

Earth is the largest solid object in the whole system.

“Who pooped in your Rice Krispies?”

actual name of the North Star?” “Polaris!” said Jeff.

reproduce through mitosis.” I paused. “That’s when the cell splits in half to become two new cells—”

It’s simple, really. Get energy, get resources, and make copies. It’s the same thing all life on Earth does.

“Newtons”—a unit of force.

Black is the absence of light and white is all frequencies equally reflected.

out! I enter the airlock and look through the porthole. The Blip-A’s hull robot has removed

People nowadays…they have no idea how good they have it. The past was unrelenting misery for most people. And the further back in time you go, the worse it was.”