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Summary: Project Hail Mary: by Andy Weir
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May 22, 2026
NOW A MOVIE
Read THE MARTIAN. Rarely read sci fi, but like Andy’s. I hope Andy is busy with the team fighting Global Warmning. At least we HOPE we have these geniuses working together. Too bad we do not yet have the electricty we still need for what we already have. We always have issues to resolve. I looked up things to learn are facts.
Weir’s writing style is entertaining enough to help ward a panic attacks or boredom. Down-to-earth, everyday languange and unforced humor plus snark to keep the story-telling fast-paced and fascinating. He names everything and talks to them like we do with pets. It’S the sense of humor that keeps me interested in everything that happens.
I don’t understand all the “space talk” and math, but… I shall soldier on into the unknown …. As I recall I most enjoy these stories on big screen with all the special effects. Fictional ASTROPHAGE is the sujbect. I gained a whole new awe and respect for all scientitic research. Not to mention, Andy Weir’s imagination.
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DR. RYLAND GRACE awakens millions of miles from home without remembering his own name and seeing his two crewmates dead. He is in a strange new solar system outside our own solar system. Hurtling through space, he realizes he only has to save himself and the world; no biggie. A ceiling robot is his greeter with demanding questions and metal arms. All he can see are tubes in his every orifice. Thankfully, he has a continuous sense of humor! He’s stark narked, feels “not right” so wraps a sheet around him even though he’s alone and no cameras. He doesn’t know who he is and wonders what profession he has, if any.
The sun is losing energy, dimming; catatrophe looms and it’s happening too fast. The question is the mystery of the ASTROPHAGE (fiction) dimming the sun at an alarming pace. It is made up of very tiny dots (10 microns across) with self-producing energy of its own, like stars. (Dr. Grace names them and talks to them so we know what he's thinking.)
The world’s best scientists try to outsmart a single-cell organism with no brain. He’s only allowed three of them to experiment with. He finally is “invited” (commanded) to join The Hail Mary project!
The story first takes us from Hail Mary spaceship to his “classroom” when he’s not in the lab. He is a science teacher of young teens. (He recalls? Or is he hallucinating?)
I do not recommend this novel to young adults who already suffer too many anxieties about their future. Only billions of years will tell all! There is an advantage over reading this instead of waiting for the movie. Do both!
Read THE MARTIAN. Rarely read sci fi, but like Andy’s. I hope Andy is busy with the team fighting Global Warmning. At least we HOPE we have these geniuses working together. Too bad we do not yet have the electricty we still need for what we already have. We always have issues to resolve. I looked up things to learn are facts.
Weir’s writing style is entertaining enough to help ward a panic attacks or boredom. Down-to-earth, everyday languange and unforced humor plus snark to keep the story-telling fast-paced and fascinating. He names everything and talks to them like we do with pets. It’S the sense of humor that keeps me interested in everything that happens.
I don’t understand all the “space talk” and math, but… I shall soldier on into the unknown …. As I recall I most enjoy these stories on big screen with all the special effects. Fictional ASTROPHAGE is the sujbect. I gained a whole new awe and respect for all scientitic research. Not to mention, Andy Weir’s imagination.
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DR. RYLAND GRACE awakens millions of miles from home without remembering his own name and seeing his two crewmates dead. He is in a strange new solar system outside our own solar system. Hurtling through space, he realizes he only has to save himself and the world; no biggie. A ceiling robot is his greeter with demanding questions and metal arms. All he can see are tubes in his every orifice. Thankfully, he has a continuous sense of humor! He’s stark narked, feels “not right” so wraps a sheet around him even though he’s alone and no cameras. He doesn’t know who he is and wonders what profession he has, if any.
The sun is losing energy, dimming; catatrophe looms and it’s happening too fast. The question is the mystery of the ASTROPHAGE (fiction) dimming the sun at an alarming pace. It is made up of very tiny dots (10 microns across) with self-producing energy of its own, like stars. (Dr. Grace names them and talks to them so we know what he's thinking.)
The world’s best scientists try to outsmart a single-cell organism with no brain. He’s only allowed three of them to experiment with. He finally is “invited” (commanded) to join The Hail Mary project!
The story first takes us from Hail Mary spaceship to his “classroom” when he’s not in the lab. He is a science teacher of young teens. (He recalls? Or is he hallucinating?)
I do not recommend this novel to young adults who already suffer too many anxieties about their future. Only billions of years will tell all! There is an advantage over reading this instead of waiting for the movie. Do both!
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