Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

“It took you two days to think of poking it with a stick.”

But hey, it’s nice to know that if I need the average rectal temperature of a healthy goat, I can find that out! (It’s 103.4°F / 39.7°C.)

But this is the interstellar equivalent of a stranger offering me candy. I want the candy (information), but I don’t know the stranger.

He’s a spider. A big-assed spider.

“Good. Proud. I am scary space monster. You are leaky space blob.”