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Picking this up again after 4 years. Last time I had just finished The Martian. This time I just finished Project Hail Mary. Andy Weir must put me in the mood for hard sci-fi.

I started this book purely on its Neal Stephenson pedigree. I am now delighted to see that it is a time travel story. I love time travel stories.

I was dubious about this book, but I seem to be enjoying the Reed Richards/Victor von Doom relationship and the Flatliners premise.

I enjoyed Eleanor Arnason's idea of Goxhats in the "Knapsack Poems" story. I wonder if she has any other stories about these multi-bodied beings.

I suspect something bad is going to happen to Steris later in this book. I hope I'm wrong.

Who likes sport shorts? We like sport shorts!

The Matrix cribbed heavily from this, apparently. I know that this book is considered responsible for helping spawn the genre, but the similarities in The Matrix seem particularly egregious.

Enjoying the bliss of having a good book at the same time as having a good comic book. I love the tough decision each time I sit down to read.

Wistful Vista? Water commissioner? Now I have to love this book - he has included in jokes for fans of old-time radio. Fun trivia: The Great Gildersleeve was written by John Whedon, the grandfather of Joss Whedon.

I'm guessing this is a major theme of the series: "(Our actions) are immortal, every single touch we leave behind. Even if nobody sees them or remembers them, that doesn’t matter. That trail will always be what happened, what we did, every choice. The past lives on forever. There’s no changing it.”

This story is good stuff.

I am a sucker for this book. Lots of fun so far.

Nick finds Berlin a "pleasant city, if a bit ugly." Luke lives in Berlin. I wonder if those are his opinions.

Shoot. I just realized this book is the second in a series.

And now the death panels we were all promised.

Oh no! The future is going to turn my mother gay!

All of the metaphors in the running gag are actually smilies. I know this is pedantic of me, but this is a young adult novel.

I love that the bad guys are from IT. I wonder if they use Remedy? ... No, these feel more like Peregrine guys to me.

This story set in this depressing world is engrossing!

It feels so good to discover I am reading a good book immediately after finishing a bad book.

Eek. I don't have high hopes for this one. I found it on sale at Amazon and wanted a quick read. We'll see.

I was about to complain that story this had become Invasion of the Bodysnatchers when I realized that all Peter F Hamilton's books are Invasion of the Bodysnatchers.

Wow. The Peter F. Hamilton prose really helps to wash the A. G. Riddle stink off.