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.
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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.
If they want us to read these books, they have to stop making them into movies lol
What do you mean by this? The movie came out 5 years after (2026) the book (2021). It is a phenomenal read, probably my favorite book of all time. Highly recommend
Worth the read or listen even if you've seen the movie. A lot of great moments they left out including some funny jokes
I think both of Andy Weir's books into movies worked this way.
I feel that this is a unique example of little changed from the book to the movie, but just condensed. There was definitely some good stuff left out going into the movie. I feel that either of his two book to movie adaptations can be read after watching. The worst part I'd see is that it's more difficult to cast the character in your mind if you've already seen the movie.
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i read this book before the movie, and was amazed at how much logical progression stuff had to get left out to fit into that movie. it was far more than "the martain" book and movie with matt damon. there is such a wide gap between the movie and book, that i'm astonished movie only watchers didn't even notice. so if you're curious what i'm talking about, don't google it, read this book, you'll thank me later if you enjoy a good near future plausible sci-fi read.
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I feel that this is a unique example of little changed from the book to the movie, but just condensed. There was definitely some good stuff left out going into the movie. I feel that either of his two book to movie adaptations can be read after watching. The worst part I'd see is that it's more difficult to cast the character in your mind if you've already seen the movie.
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