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“Adjust orbit while stupid. Good plan.'
I snicker. 'New word: "sarcasm." You say opposite of true meaning to make point. Sarcasm.”
― Project Hail Mary
I snicker. 'New word: "sarcasm." You say opposite of true meaning to make point. Sarcasm.”
― Project Hail Mary
“Rocky cocks his carapace. 'Hey, your face is leaking! I haven't seen that in a long-ass time! Remind me- does that mean you're happy or sad? 'Cause it can mean either one, right?'
'I'm happy, of course!' I sob.
'Yeah. I thought so. Just checking.' He holds a balled claw against the xenonite. 'Is this a fist-bump situation?'
I press my knuckles to the xenonite as well. 'This is a monumentally epic fist-bump situation.”
― Project Hail Mary
'I'm happy, of course!' I sob.
'Yeah. I thought so. Just checking.' He holds a balled claw against the xenonite. 'Is this a fist-bump situation?'
I press my knuckles to the xenonite as well. 'This is a monumentally epic fist-bump situation.”
― Project Hail Mary
“I'm all wired up, but if I don't go to sleep soon, Rocky will start hassling me. Sheesh- you almost ruin a mission one time and all of a sudden you have an alien-enforced bedtime.”
― Project Hail Mary
― Project Hail Mary
“Hey. What's your ship's name, anyway?'
'Blip-A.'
'No, I mean. What do you call it?'
'Ship.'
'Your ship has no name?'
'Why would ship have name, question?'
'I shrugged. 'Ships have names.'
He points to my pilot's seat. 'What is name of you chair, question?'
'It doesn't have a name.'
'Why does ship have name but chair no have name, question?'
'Never mind. Your ship is the Blip-A.'
'That is what I said. Flash in ten seconds.'
'Copy.”
― Project Hail Mary
'Blip-A.'
'No, I mean. What do you call it?'
'Ship.'
'Your ship has no name?'
'Why would ship have name, question?'
'I shrugged. 'Ships have names.'
He points to my pilot's seat. 'What is name of you chair, question?'
'It doesn't have a name.'
'Why does ship have name but chair no have name, question?'
'Never mind. Your ship is the Blip-A.'
'That is what I said. Flash in ten seconds.'
'Copy.”
― Project Hail Mary
“Good good. Enough talk. Check breeder tanks, please.'
'Yeah, yeah. Let me get some water first.'
He bounces and skitters down his tube to the lab. 'Why humans need water so much, question? Inefficient life-forms!'
...
'Eiridians need water too, you know.'
'We keep inside. Closed system. Some inefficiencies inside, but we get all water we need from food. Humans leak! Gross!'
I laugh as I float in to the lab where Rocky is waiting. 'On Earth, we have a scary, deadly creature called a spider. You look like one of those, just so you know.'
'Good. Proud. I am scary space monster. You are leaky space blob.”
― Project Hail Mary
'Yeah, yeah. Let me get some water first.'
He bounces and skitters down his tube to the lab. 'Why humans need water so much, question? Inefficient life-forms!'
...
'Eiridians need water too, you know.'
'We keep inside. Closed system. Some inefficiencies inside, but we get all water we need from food. Humans leak! Gross!'
I laugh as I float in to the lab where Rocky is waiting. 'On Earth, we have a scary, deadly creature called a spider. You look like one of those, just so you know.'
'Good. Proud. I am scary space monster. You are leaky space blob.”
― Project Hail Mary
Amanda’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Amanda’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
135 books
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4 friends
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102 books
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153 books
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