Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

Why am I so weak when I have these well-toned muscles? And if I was in a coma, why do I even have muscles? I should be a withered, spindly mess right now, not beach-bod buff.

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What the fudge is going on?! Fudge? Seriously? Maybe I have young kids. Or I’m deeply religious.

There’s nothing to suggest a woman in my life. Am I divorced? Gay?

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Besides, if I had a nickel for every time I wanted to smack a kid’s parents for not teaching them even the most basic things…well…I’d have enough nickels to put in a sock and smack those parents with it.

“Yes,” he said with a smile. “It is the only way to be Russian and happy at the same time.” “That’s…dark.” “That’s Russian!”