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5.0/ 5
Year

2021

Publisher

Ballantine Books

ISBN

978-0593135204

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Project Hail Mary

by Andy Weir

An astronaut wakes alone on a desperate mission to save Earth, with no memory of how he got there and only science, ingenuity, and an unexpected ally to rely on.

Geek’s cut

Storytelling tuned for readers who over-analyze everything: layered themes, callbacks that reward obsessive memory, and a world that keeps expanding in your head after the last page.

Deeper dive

Project Hail Mary is propulsive hard science fiction with a warm center, turning problem-solving, friendship, and first contact into one tightly engineered adventure.