Join a book club that is reading Project Hail Mary: A Novel!
Project Hail Mary: A Novel
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING RYAN GOSLING AND DIRECTED BY CHRISTOPHER LORD AND PHIL MILLER
From the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this "propulsive" (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science. HUGO AWARD FINALIST - ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST BOOKS: Bill Gates, GatesNotes, New York Public Library, Parade, Newsweek, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal - New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century "An epic story of redemption, discovery and cool speculative sci-fi."--USA Today "If you loved The Martian, you'll go crazy for Weir's latest."--The Washington Post 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. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it's up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery--and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he's got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian--while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.
From the author of The Martian, a lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this "propulsive" (Entertainment Weekly), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science. HUGO AWARD FINALIST - ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST BOOKS: Bill Gates, GatesNotes, New York Public Library, Parade, Newsweek, Polygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal - New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century "An epic story of redemption, discovery and cool speculative sci-fi."--USA Today "If you loved The Martian, you'll go crazy for Weir's latest."--The Washington Post 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. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, it's up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery--and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, he's got to do it all alone. Or does he? An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could deliver, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian--while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.
BUY THE BOOK
These clubs recently read this book...
Community Reviews
This is a story of overcoming fear and becoming friends to continue to see the general kindness in humanity dispite differences in appearance.
Boring, maybe interesting for engineers. It could have been interesting in a shorter version, but 16 hs filled of formulas and physics was definitely not for me. Read if for the book club discussion.
Here I am, a few years after receiving the ebook ARC finally finishing the book. I did start the ebook a few times but was never in the right frame of mind for it. So glad I used a credit at Audible to finally dive in.
Project Hail Mary is definitely one of those books that listening to will give a different experience than reading with eyeballs. The sound effects when Rocky talks are great. I have no doubt that they probably annoyed the hell out of others but, for me, they added to my enjoyment.
I don't want to say too much about the story because not knowing is so much more fun. What I will say is that I laughed, my face nearly leaked, and I fell in love with these characters. And I loved the way it ended on a few different levels that I can't mention here because spoilers...
The reason for the 4 stars instead of 5 is because I am not a science person. I appreciate all of the research and work that went into making the science authentic but it was hard to get into some of the longer, super science filled chunks of the book. I wanted more of the action and interaction and less of the science lessons.
I still loved the book and would happily listen to it again.
Project Hail Mary is definitely one of those books that listening to will give a different experience than reading with eyeballs. The sound effects when Rocky talks are great. I have no doubt that they probably annoyed the hell out of others but, for me, they added to my enjoyment.
I don't want to say too much about the story because not knowing is so much more fun. What I will say is that I laughed, my face nearly leaked, and I fell in love with these characters. And I loved the way it ended on a few different levels that I can't mention here because spoilers...
The reason for the 4 stars instead of 5 is because I am not a science person. I appreciate all of the research and work that went into making the science authentic but it was hard to get into some of the longer, super science filled chunks of the book. I wanted more of the action and interaction and less of the science lessons.
I still loved the book and would happily listen to it again.
See why thousands of readers are using Bookclubs to stay connected.