Monday, August 2, 2021

Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir
Ballantine Books, 2021. 476 pages. Science Fiction

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him.

If you liked Project Hail Mary, then you might also like:

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by Terry Virts
Workman Publishing, 2020. 310 pages. Science Nonfiction

Former NASA astronaut Terry Virts offers an insider's guide to astronauting with a behind-the-scenes look at the training, the basic rules, lessons, and procedures of space travel, including how to deal with a dead body in space, what it's like to film an IMAX movie in orbit, what exactly to do when nature calls, and much more.




Goldilocks
by Laura Lam
Orbit, 2020. 340 pages. Science Fiction

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