Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

No. It’s real. I’m terrified just thinking about it. And it’s not just sudden terror. It’s a cozy, comfortable terror with a permanent seat at the table.

“I commend your body to the stars.”

Evolution can be insanely effective when you leave it alone for a few billion years.

Humanity’s first miscommunication with an intelligent alien race. Glad I could be a part of it.

Human beings have a remarkable ability to accept the abnormal and make it normal.

Hey, I’m going to fall unconscious and hallucinate for a while. By the way, I spend a third of my time doing this. And if I can’t do it for a while, I go insane and eventually die. No need for concern.

Stupid humanity. Getting in the way of my hobbies.

“Adjust orbit while stupid. Good plan.”

“Math is not thinking. Math is procedure. Memory is not thinking. Memory is storage. Thinking is thinking. Problem, solution. You and me think same speed. Why, question?”