Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

We had a pretty good turnout for our first book of the month vote. To be honest I did not anticipate the problem of there being a tie. I took the liberty of flipping a coin which came out heads for Project Hail Mary. In the future I might have to come up with a better method of tie breaking. I’m figuring this out as I go and it is all just for the fun of it anyway so please don’t take this too seriously.

I intend to read this book over the month of September and then near the end of the month I will create a discussion thread for it where people can discuss it without worrying about spoilers. Follow along if you want to.

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  1. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir - 20 votes
  2. Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky - 20 votes
  3. Neuromancer - William Gibson - 17 votes
  4. Hyperion - Dan Simmons - 13 votes
  5. Leviathan Wakes - James S. A. Corey - 13 votes
  6. A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine - 11 votes
  7. Wool (Silo Series Book 1) - Hugh Howey - 10 votes
  8. Red Rising - Pierce Brown - 4 votes
  9. 22/11/63 - Stephen King - 1 vote

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  • NielsBohron
    5•2 years ago

    The hero is similar to the Martian, all-knowing MacGyver type, always optimistic, likely author’s alter ego. The character seems hollow

    I haven’t read this one yet, but I read another one by Andy Weir (Artemis) and I thought the exact same thing despite the character being female. At this point, I think Weir only writes one type of protagonist, which is disappointing because I loved The Martian.

    Edit: also, you didn’t mention Leviathan Wakes in your rundown of the other books. If you haven’t read it yet and you enjoyed the others on your list, if highly recommend finding a used copy, because I’ve thoroughly enjoyed all of The Expanse novels (although I haven’t started the last two yet)

    • @severien@lemmy.world
      2•2 years ago

      Yeah, I’ve watched The Expanse, and it’s kinda weird for me to read what I’ve already watched. I prefer to read first, watch later, otherwise the TV imagery influences the reading too much and there isn’t so much space for imagination.

      • @Tenthrow@lemmy.worldM
        3•2 years ago

        The books are FAR FAR better than the TV show (which was better than most adaptations). It is WELL worth reading in my opinion. Edit: Forgot to mention that there is a lot more story in the books as well. The closest point where the show ends, there are one or two more books and they are bangers.