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Project Hail Mary

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 • “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.

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Artemis by Andy Weir

Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich.   Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity’s first and only lunar colony. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat something better than flavored algae. Rich enough to pay off a debt she’s owed for a long time.   So when a chance at a huge score finally comes her way, Jazz can’t say no. Sure, it requires her to graduate from small-time smuggler to full-on criminal mastermind. And it calls for a particular combination of cunning, technical skills, and large explosions—not to mention sheer brazen swagger. But Jazz has never run into a challenge her intellect can’t handle, and she figures she’s got the ‘swagger’ part down.   The trouble is, engineering the perfect crime is just the start of Jazz’s problems. Because her little heist is about to land her in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself.   Trapped between competing forces, pursued by a killer and the law alike, even Jazz has to admit she’s in way over her head. She’ll have to hatch a truly spectacular scheme to have a chance at staying alive and saving her city.   Jazz is no hero, but she is a very good criminal.   That’ll have to do.   Propelled by its heroine’s wisecracking voice, set in a city that’s at once stunningly imagined and intimately familiar, and brimming over with clever problem-solving and heist-y fun, Artemis is another irresistible brew of science, suspense, and humor from #1 bestselling author Andy Weir.

The Martian by Andy Weir

The Martian

Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.

But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

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Andy Weir built a two-decade career as a software engineer until the success of his first published novel, The Martian, allowed him to live out his dream of writing full-time. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of such subjects as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. He also mixes a mean cocktail. He lives in California.

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Check out an exclusive excerpt from Andy Weir's latest sci-fi novel, 'Project Hail Mary'

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“The Martian” author Andy Weir is sticking another hero in space for an epic survival tale – and this new guy is going a lot farther than the red planet.

Mark Watney, played by Matt Damon in the Oscar-nominated “Martian” movie adaptation , had to figure out how to live on an alien planet when he gets stuck on Mars. Ryland Grace, the protagonist of Weir’s new novel “Project Hail Mary” (Ballantine Books, out Tuesday), has to figure out how to save all mankind after a trip to a totally different solar system – just as soon as he figures out how he got there in the first place.

“Everyone loves survival stories, regardless of the setting,” Weir tells USA TODAY, which debuts the first excerpt from “Project Hail Mary.” “Whether it be Robinson Crusoe stranded on an island, Mark Watney stranded on Mars, or real-life Chilean miners trapped a mile underground, we all root for people to overcome the obstacles nature throws in their path.”

The book runs on two tracks: There’s the interstellar story line in which Ryland uses science and finds an unexpected friend to help him work out the best way to help humanity, and also a backstory that reveals how he went from schoolteacher to unwitting astronaut as well as the biological threat coming from our sun that threatens to bring a devastating new ice age to Earth.

“That was a hard decision for me, because I really don’t like flashbacks,” Weir says. “They generally feel like your mom calling you in to clean your room when you’re out playing with your friends. But I did some soul-searching and realized what I really didn’t like about flashbacks is that they interrupt the interesting stuff going on so you can learn boring stuff about a character’s backstory.

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“I decided my flashbacks would be integral to the unfolding mysteries in progress. That way the reader is invested in them as well.”

USA TODAY has an exclusive excerpt from the first chapter of “Project Hail Mary,” in which Ryland, suffering from amnesia and having no idea where he is, is introduced to the reader as he’s also being reintroduced to himself.

“I wanted the amnesia plot for storytelling purposes – to have flashes of insight into the past, allowing me to skip the boring parts of the early timeframe,” Weir says. “But once I was in that mode, I took advantage of it to have Ryland’s personal history unfold the same way.”

Ryland is also surprised to find himself ridiculously in shape – a positive for the planned movie adaptation directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller and starring Ryan Gosling, a guy known for usually being ripped on screen. “He’s an amazing actor and will be perfect for the role,” Weir says.

Read below (or listen) to an exclusive excerpt from Chapter 1 of "Project Hail Mary" by Andy Weir:

I wake up. How long was I out? It must have been a while because I feel rested. I open my eyes without any effort. That’s progress.

I try to move my fingers. They wiggle as instructed. All right. Now we’re getting somewhere.

“Hand movement detected,” says the computer. “Remain still.”

“What? Why—”

The robot arms come for me. They move fast . Before I know it, they’ve removed most of the tubes from my body. I didn’t feel a thing. Though my skin is kind of numb anyway.

Only three tubes remain: an IV in my arm, a tube up my butt, and a catheter. Those latter two are kind of the signature items I wanted removed, but okay.

I raise my right arm and let it fall back to the bed. I do the same for my left. They feel heavy as heck. I repeat the process a few times. My arms are muscular. That doesn’t make sense. I assume I’ve had some massive medical problem and been in this bed for a while. Otherwise, why would they have me hooked up to all the stuff? Shouldn’t there be muscle atrophy?

And shouldn’t there be doctors? Or maybe the sounds of a hospital? And what’s with this bed? It’s not a rectangle, it’s an oval and I think it’s mounted to the wall instead of the floor.

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“Take . . .” I trail off. Still kind of tired. “Take the tubes out. . . .”

The computer doesn’t respond.

I do a few more arm lifts. I wiggle my toes. I’m definitely getting better.

I tilt my ankles back and forth. They’re working. I raise my knees up. My legs are well toned too. Not bodybuilder thick, but still too healthy for someone on the verge of death. I’m not sure how thick they should be, though.

I press my palms to the bed and push. My torso rises. I’m actually getting up! It takes all my strength but I soldier on. The bed rocks gently as I move. It’s not a normal bed, that’s for sure. As I raise my head higher up, I see the head and foot of the elliptical bed are attached to strong-looking wall mounts. It’s kind of a rigid hammock. Weird.

Soon, I’m sitting on my butt tube. Not the most comfortable sensation, but when is a tube up your butt ever comfortable?

I have a better view of things now. This is no ordinary hospital room. The walls look plastic and the whole room is round. Stark-white light comes from ceiling-mounted LED lights.

There are two more hammock-like beds mounted to the walls, each with their own patient. We are arranged in a triangle and the roof-mounted Arms of Harassment are in the center of the ceiling. I guess they take care of all three of us. I can’t see much of my compatriots—they’ve sunken into their bedding like I had.

There’s no door. Just a ladder on the wall leading to . . . a hatch? It’s round and has a wheel-handle in the center. Yeah, it’s got to be some kind of hatch. Like on a submarine. Maybe the three of us have a contagious disease? Maybe this is an airtight quarantine room? There are small vents here and there on the wall and I feel a little airflow. It could be a controlled environment.

I slide one leg off over the edge of my bed, which makes it wobble. The robot arms rush toward me. I flinch, but they stop short and hover nearby. I think they’re ready to grab me if I fall.

“Full-body motion detected,” the computer says. “What’s your name?”

“Pfft, seriously?” I ask.

“Incorrect. Attempt number two: What’s your name?”

I open my mouth to answer.

“Incorrect. Attempt number three: What’s your name?”

Only now does it occur to me: I don’t know who I am. I don’t know what I do. I don’t remember anything at all.

“Um,” I say.

“Incorrect.”

A wave of fatigue grips me. It’s kind of pleasant, actually. The computer must have sedated me through the IV line.

“. . . waaaait . . .” I mumble.

The robot arms lay me gently back down to the bed.

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PROJECT HAIL MARY By Andy Weir

In the years before World War II, a new kind of hero appeared in American science fiction. Like his counterparts in adventure and western pulps, he was generally white, male and good with his hands, but he was defined by his ability to solve problems with science and technology. In real life, of course, not every conflict is a case study in engineering, but many readers still enjoy spending time with the character once widely — and chauvinistically — described as “the competent man.”

Andy Weir’s debut novel, “The Martian” (2011), found an enormous audience largely because it was a competent-man story that might have captivated fans in the 1930s. Its stranded astronaut, Mark Watney, survived on Mars using ingenuity, duct tape and plenty of wisecracks, but the writing fell apart in the scenes in which people actually had to have a conversation. Weir’s next effort, “Artemis” (2017), exposed his limited interest in constructing relationships or a plausible future society.

His latest novel, “Project Hail Mary,” is a sensible course correction that supersizes the strategies of his most successful book. The narrator awakens alone in a spacecraft, connected to a medical computer, and unlike Watney — who at least understood his predicament — he doesn’t even remember his own name. Readers who were underwhelmed by the attempt to write a leading role for a Saudi woman in “Artemis” will be relieved by his first few deductions about himself: “I’m Caucasian, I’m male and I speak English.”

Eventually, he figures out that his name is Ryland Grace, that he used to be a science teacher and that he’s the sole survivor of a mission to save the earth, which is threatened by a cloud of alien microbes that are draining energy from the sun. Because of a scientific paper that he wrote years ago, Grace has been recruited to seek a solution at the nearest star that is unaffected by the infestation known as Astrophage. As his superior says in a flashback: “When the alternative is death to your entire species, things are very easy. No moral dilemmas, no weighing what’s best for whom. Just a single-minded focus on getting this project working.”

In fiction, an unambiguous technological crisis can be oddly comforting, and the novel works best as we piece together the situation alongside Grace, whose memory loss is less an essential plot point — apart from a passing revelation toward the end, this isn’t a story that treats amnesia as a source of surprises — than a device for parceling out information. The main character’s isolation, which was so crucial in “The Martian,” is a similarly convenient excuse for Weir to downplay messy human issues in favor of a cleverly organized series of challenges that Grace himself compares to “a video game.”

For readers who can forgive its shortcomings, the result is an engaging space odyssey. While Mark Watney confronted a succession of escalating obstacles, Grace tends to resolve each setback almost immediately, and his relentless quips read like the output of an algorithm that was fed nothing but Joss Whedon scripts: “Astrophage would be the best thing ever if it weren’t, you know, destroying the sun.” Weir’s default voice allows for the painless delivery of facts, but it limits the emotions available to our hero, whose usual reaction to astounding events is to nerd out briefly at their awesomeness.

“Project Hail Mary” demands to be judged by the standards of hard science fiction, and it honors the laws of physics to an extent that makes comparable novels seem like playing tennis without a net. At its best, the genre is a delightful game indeed, and many literary virtues can be sacrificed to its potential pleasures, which include awe, strangeness and other effects that Weir never really achieves. For a sense of wonder, we can wait for the movie, which may even touch on the unspoken dread — implicit in the myth of the competent man — that Watney once expressed in a rare moment of doubt: “No more getting my hopes up, no more self-delusion and no more problem-solving.”

Alec Nevala-Lee is the author of “Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction.”

PROJECT HAIL MARY By Andy Weir 476 pp. Ballantine Books. $28.99.

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • 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—in development as a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling. 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 • “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.

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“A crowd-pleaser on the grandest scale.” — The Boston Globe “An engaging space odyssey.” — The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice) “Dazzling.” — Vulture “Funny, well plotted, and full of surprises.” — The Guardian “A joy to read.” — Locus “The ultimate page-turner.” — Daily Mail “Weir spins a space yarn in a way only he can. Fans of his earlier works won’t be disappointed.” — Newsweek “Andy Weir proves once again that he is a singular talent. Project Hail Mary is so fascinating and propulsive that it’s downright addictive. From the first page as Ryland wakes up not knowing who or where he is, I was hooked.” —Taylor Jenkins Reid, New York Times bestselling author of Daisy Jones & The Six “Reading Project Hail Mary is like going on a field trip to outer space with the best science teacher you’ve ever had—and your class assignment is to save the world. This is one of the most original, compelling, and fun voyages I’ve ever taken.” —Ernest Cline, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ready Player One “Two worlds in peril, a competent (but flawed and human) man, a competent alien, unending scientific puzzles to unravel, with humanity itself at risk, this one has everything fans of old school SF (like me) love. If you like a lot of science in your science fiction, Andy Weir is the writer for you.” —George R. R. Martin, New York Times bestselling author of A Game of Thrones “I loved The Martian, but I actually find Project Hail Mary to be Mr. Weir’s finest work to date. It’s somehow both exciting, yet also personal. I’m constantly amazed by how well Mr. Weir continues to write wonderfully accessible science fiction without compromising either the science or the fiction.” —Brandon Sanderson, New York Times bestselling author of the Stormlight Archive series “Brilliantly funny and enjoyable . . . one of the most plausible science fiction books I’ve ever read.” —Tim Peake, ESA astronaut and internationally bestselling author of Limitless “Thrilling doesn’t even begin to describe Project Hail Mary , which is undisputedly the best book I’ve read in a very, very long time . . . I cheered, I laughed (a lot), I cried, and when the twist arrived and the book revealed its true target, my jaw hit the floor. Mark my words: Project Hail Mary is destined to become a classic.” —Blake Crouch, New York Times bestselling author of Recursion and Dark Matter “Readers may find themselves consuming this emotionally intense and thematically profound novel in one stay-up-all-night-until-your-eyes-bleed sitting. An unforgettable story of survival and the power of friendship—nothing short of a science fiction masterwork.”— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

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Author Andy Weir offers 'Project Hail Mary' mission patch on virtual book tour

“The Martian" author Andy Weir's new book, "Project Hail Mary," is coming May 4, 2021 from Ballantine Books.

Andy Weir is ready to launch his next space adventure and has a mission patch waiting for you if you choose to join him.

The author of the 2014 bestseller "The Martian," which was adapted into the hit Ridley Scott feature film starring Matt Damon , is now back with another tale of discovery, speculation and survival in "Project Hail Mary," coming from Ballantine Books on May 4.

To promote the upcoming release, Weir will take part in a six-"stop" virtual book tour, partnering with book stores and museums across the country to share "Project Hail Mary" with their patrons. The first 400 people to register for each event will receive a signed copy of "Project Hail Mary" and a bonus right out of the book.

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As "Project Hail Mary" opens, readers are introduced to Ryland Grace, who has awakened to find himself on a spaceship and absent of all his memories. As he explores the ship to learn more about the mission he is on, Grace comes across a visual clue.

"I acquaint myself with the million other screens in the little room. Most of them have something to say, but one of them just shows an image of a circular crest. I think it's probably an idle screen or something. If I touch it, that computer will wake up. But that idle screen might be the most informative thing in here.

"It's a mission crest. I've seen enough NASA documentaries to know one when I see one. The circular crest has an outer ring of blue with white text. The text reads HAIL MARY across the top and EARTH across the bottom. The name and 'port of call' for this vessel.

"I didn't think the ship came from somewhere other than Earth, but okay. Anyway, I guess I finally know the name of this ship I'm on.

"I'm aboard the Hail Mary."

Excerpt from PROJECT HAIL MARY by Andy Weir, copyright 2021 © by Andy Weir. Used by permission of Ballantine Books, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

The same mission crest, made real as an embroidered patch, will come with each signed copy of "Project Hail Mary."

As announced on Thursday (March 4) by Ballatine, the "Project Hail Mary" virtual book tour will include the following events:

  • May 4 with Mysterious Galaxy in partnership with Fleet Science Center in San Diego, California
  • May 6 with Barnes & Noble
  • May 10 with Politics & Prose in Washington, D.C.
  • May 11 with Third Place Books in Seattle, Washington
  • May 12 with Community Bookstore in Brooklyn, New York
  • May 13 with Space Center Houston in Houston, Texas

More information about each virtual tour stop, including ticket prices and how to participate will be available from each event host and from Weir's website .

While the Project Hail Mary mission patch is adapted from the book, the design could someday also appear in a future movie starring Ryan Gosling ("First Man," "Blade Runner 2049"). MGM acquired the rights to the book for the actor and has brought aboard Phil Lord and Chris Miller ("The Lego Movie") to direct.

"Project Hail Mary" is Weir's third book. After " The Martian ," he wrote the 2017 near-future lunar colony caper "Artemis," which was optioned by 20th Century Fox and New Regency to become a film with Lord and Miller also attached to direct.

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Ryan Gosling Heading Back to Outer Space in New Adaptation From ‘The Martian’ Author

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Following the recent announcement of a new novel from “ The Martian ” author Andy Weir , the book, titled “Project Hail Mary,” has already been scooped up by MGM for a cool seven figures. Deadline reports that Ryan Gosling will not only star but also produce the film which, like “The Martian,” pivots on a solitary astronaut who’s assigned a critical mission to save the world. Gosling will produce with Ken Kao, producer of “Mid90s” and executive producer on the Best Picture nominee “The Favourite.”

Author Andy Weir’s debut novel was “The Martian,” which famously turned into an Academy Award-nominated film written by Drew Goddard, directed by Ridley Scott, and Matt Damon in the eponymous lead role. “The Martian” was originally self-published in 2011 before being rereleased in 2014. It won Andy Weir the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer at the Hugo Awards.

The film version, which grossed more than $630 million around the world following a Toronto International Film Festival premiere, was released in 2015, and became a Best Picture nominee the following year. Novelist Weir followed up “The Martian” with “Artemis,” published in 2017, centered on a part-time smuggler in the first city on the Moon. Weir was reportedly developing “Artemis” into a film with directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (writers and producers who haven’t properly directed a movie since 2014’s “22 Jump Street, after they were booted off “Solo: A Star Wars Story” and replaced by Ron Howard). Weir’s novel “Project Hail Mary” will be published in the spring of 2021 by Random House.

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Ryan Gosling is, of course, no stranger to suiting up for outer space, as he previously starred as Neil Armstrong in Damien Chazelle’s 2018 drama “First Man,” in which Gosling also spent a great deal of time alone amid the cosmos. Gosling lost out on a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for the technically impressive film. Matt Damon, however, did receive a Best Actor Academy Award nomination for “The Martian.” The marriage of minds brought together by MGM for “Project Hail Mary” sets this up to be a high-profile project, and the first major film deal announcement amid the total shutdown of Hollywood currently taking place.

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With the runaway success of his novel The Martian , author Andy Weir clearly tapped into a powerful space-flavored zeitgeist. The idea behind the plot isn’t new—an astronaut gets marooned on an alien world and hijinks ensue—but Weir’s approach is. His character mixes in-your-face wit with unflinching science to figure out how to survive and get home. The public ate it up: Weir’s book debuted at the number 12 spot on the New York Times bestseller list, and Matt Damon signed on to play the lead in the Oscar-nominated movie adaptation.  

NASA and the whole space gang have some serious pop-culture momentum. It’s no wonder as advances in technology are making space ever more accessible. Even as NASA continues to evolve ion engines, which shoot out electrically charged particles at speeds of up to 90,000 miles per hour to propel a spacecraft through the cosmos, it’s also funding research into exploring the solar system with lightweight sensors and cameras mounted on wafer-sized probes , propelled efficiently with photons to a fraction of the speed of light. At the same time the Mars rover Curiosity continues to send back new images and analysis of our nearest neighbor, scientists are also thinking about ways to explore other planets, like a submarine to explore the methane seas of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. Virgin Galactic continues to work towards commercial space flights.

Ahead of his April 23 appearance at Smithsonian magazine’s Future is Here Festival , Weir shared some of his thoughts on the future of space travel and details about his upcoming novel set on the moon.

A 2015 Pew survey showed that NASA has a 68 percent favorability rating, second only to the Centers for Disease Control’s 70 percent. How do NASA and the science community sustain this wave of public support?

Well, for starters, NASA doesn’t really do anything people disapprove of. So you can expect them to have a high approval rating in general. The only thing people don’t like about NASA is its cost. No one grumbles about the moral implications of sending people into space. As a society, we all pretty much think that’s awesome. I think the main thing driving renewed interest in space is the commercial side. Companies like Virgin and SpaceX are making space travel a business, and that brings us closer to middle-class Americans being able to afford a trip to space.

Exactly. The “space program” no longer consists just of NASA, but also includes many private companies and international agencies. How has privatization changed the space game?

Commercial space travel is the path forward. By introducing genuine competition into the industry, prices can be brought down to much more reasonable levels. Already, SpaceX has driven prices down so much that other booster companies have had to radically adjust their business models to keep up and try to be competitive. The cheaper boosters [engines to launch spacecraft into orbit] get, the more NASA will be able to do with their budget.

Which Mars exploration or space-travel projects have your attention right now?

I know I keep beating the same drum over and over, but I think the best technology for Mars missions is cheaper boosters. Getting stuff from Earth’s surface to Earth’s orbit is by far the most expensive part of space travel. If that price is driven down, Mars missions become a reality.

As for technological advancements outside the arena of boosters, we have three major hurdles to overcome. First, better propulsion, either ion drives or VASIMR [Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket], something with a much better specific impulse than chemical propellant.

We need to abandon the idea of long-term zero-g habitation. It doesn’t work. There’s no way we’d be able to have astronauts spend eight months in zero-g and then be effective on Mars’s gravity the day they land. We need to accept this and move on. It’s time for us to seriously work on space stations with artificial gravity. Make them spin.

Then there’s  inflatable spacecraft . We have to overcome the tyranny of the booster’s diameter. As it is, no space station component can be larger than the booster that sent it up. With a soft-sided hull, it could be as big as we wanted. 

Though Stephen Hawking and Carl Sagan have been household names for decades, today we have “celebrity scientists” like Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Greene and Michio Kaku. How has science become a pop-culture phenomenon?

I think a lot of it has to do with the general education level of the public. The average American now knows a hell of a lot more about science than they did a generation ago. The internet, easy access to information and improving education systems have made this a reality. People now realize how much science drives their quality of life, and it demands attention.

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What, in your opinion, has made even really tough science more accessible to the general public—to the point that even gravitational waves dominated the news cycle for a full week?

It’s because of this general improvement in public awareness and education. When you know about something, you’re curious about how that knowledge increases and changes over time.

Your next book will have a woman as the central character. Given that “gender wars” in science fields is still a contentious topic , why did you decide to go with a lady lead? What kinds of challenges does your protagonist face, and does her gender play any role in those challenges?

I don’t take part in any political debates. So I’m certainly not trying to make a point by having a female lead. She’s just a character I came up with that I thought was cool, so she’s the lead.

The book is another scientifically accurate story. The main character is a low-level criminal in a city on the moon. Her challenges are a mix of technical/scientific problems, as well as juggling personal interactions—staying a step ahead of the local police, working with shady and dangerous people to do illegal things.

She doesn’t encounter any distinctly “female” challenges. There’s no love plot. And the story takes place in a future society where there is practically no sexism.

What do you think is driving innovation today?

Profit motive. Same as it’s always been. Look at the innovations in the airline industry over the last 50 years and compare them to the innovations in the space industry. There’s no comparison. Aircraft have improved by leaps and bounds, while spacecraft have barely changed. What’s the difference? People make billions of dollars by inventing better aircraft.

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Project Hail Mary Movie: What We Know About The Upcoming Andy Weir Book Adaptation

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In 2015, Andy Weir became one of the most well-known authors of his time when Ridley Scott turned his beloved sci-fi novel, The Martian , into one of the best sci-fi movies of all time and a controversial Golden Globe winner . Nearly a decade later, Project Hail Mary , one of Weir’s other works, is getting the big-screen treatment with some major talent involved.

If this is the first you’re hearing about the upcoming book-to-screen adaptation , don’t worry, because we’re about to break down everything we know about the long-in-the-works project about a lone astronaut played by Ryan Gosling who is tasked with saving humanity from extinction. Let’s learn more about Project Hail Mary … 

What Is The Project Hail Mary Release Date

We don’t yet know when Project Hail Mary will be released to the moviegoing population, as the film hasn’t even entered production yet (more on that later). Unless there’s some kind of miracle, we most likely won’t see it on the 2024 movie schedule , but there’s a good chance we’ll see the upcoming Ryan Gosling movie in 2025. But even then, it’s hard to say if MGM will release the sci-fi flick during the summer blockbuster season or hold off for a fall premiere ahead of awards season.

Expect to hear more about the release date in the coming weeks and months as Project Hail Mary enters production and more details are worked out. 

Ryan Gosling Will Lead The Project Hail Mary Cast

When Project Hail Mary does eventually premiere at some point in the near future, it will feature a cast led by Ryan Gosling, who has been attached to star in the film as an actor as well as one of its producers since March 2020, according to Variety . 

The news of Gosling’s casting came a year and change after he portrayed Neil Armstrong in Damien Chazelle ’s 2018 biographical drama, First Man , which followed the iconic American astronaut as he overcame both personal and professional obstacles on his way to stepping foot on the Moon. Oddly enough, Gosling’s Academy Award-nominated performance as Ken in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie also briefly saw the actor dress up as an astronaut when he and Margot Robbie’s titular character were escaping Barbieland. 

Project Hail Mary Will Follow An Astronaut As He Attempts To Save Earth

Similar to The Martian , which spent a great deal of its runtime showing Matt Damon ’s Mark Watney spending time alone on Mars working on all types of experiments to stay alive long enough to be rescued, Project Hail Mary will see Ryan Gosling’s astronaut alone deep in outer space after being sent on a mission to another star in hopes of saving Earth, per The Hollywood Reporter .

In the book on which the movie is based, that astronaut, Ryland Grace, is the sole survivor of a last-ditch effort to save humanity and every other living creature on Earth. According to Penguin Random House , Andy Weir’s novel follows the astronaut as he wakes up alone and confused on a ship hurtling through space millions of miles from home as he tries to figure out how to save the day.

Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary Was Published In May 2021 And Later Became A New York Times Best Seller

Some books spend many years or even several decades before they are adapted for the screen, but that isn’t the case with Project Hail Mary , as Andy Weir’s fourth novel was released not even five years ago. The sci-fi novel about an astronaut hurdling through space with the weight of humanity on his shoulders and a difficult task ahead of him was first published back in May 2021 and became a massive hit shortly thereafter.

Following its release, Project Hail Mary spent a total of nine weeks on the New York Times Best Sellers list, eventually coming off that August. It would later be named GoodReads Best Science Fiction novel of 2021 and also received a number of other accolades. 

Phil Lord And Chris Miller Are Co-Directing

Project Hail Mary won’t just have big talent in front of the camera when Ryan Gosling appears in the upcoming movie, as one of the most successful filmmaking duos of the 21st century will be sitting behind the camera for this one. In May 2020, Variety revealed that Phil Lord and Chris Miller would be directing the adaptation of Andy Weir’s novel, which will be the duo’s first time helming a live-action movie since being fired from Solo: A Star Wars Story .

Over the years, Lord and Miller have directed movies ranging from Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (another book adaptation) to 21 Jump Street (and its sequel, 22 Jump Street ) to The Lego Movie . They’ve also had a hand in crafting some of the best Spider-Man movies , including 2023’s Across the Spider-Verse . 

The Martian Scribe Drew Goddard Wrote The Project Hail Mary Script

Just like The Martin , which was adapted to the screen by Drew Goddard, the Project Hail Mary screenplay was penned by the prolific screenwriter and filmmaker. According to The Hollywood Reporter , Goddard, who received an Oscar nomination the last time he adapted one of Andy Weir’s novels, signed onto the project in June 2020, just a couple of months after MGM first purchased the rights to it.

Throughout his career, Goddard has written some of the best horror movies of the 21st century like Cloverfield and The Cabin in the Woods , the latter of which was his directorial debut. He’s also worked on a number of great TV shows, as well, including Lost , Daredevil , and The Good Place , to name a few. 

The Project Hail Mary Adaptation Has Been In The Works Since Before The Book Was Published

Much like the film rights for Michael Crichton’s Jurassic Park , which were acquired by Universal Studios before the book was even published, Project Hail Mary ’s rights were purchased by MGM a little more than a year before the sci-fi novel hit bookshelves. In March 2020, Deadline reported that the studio, which was acquired by Amazon one year later, paid a seven-figure amount to turn the then-unpublished novel into a movie, which really shows how excited they were to make this thing a reality.

Production On Project Hail Mary Is Expected To Start In Early 2024

Though an exact start date has yet to be announced, production on Project Hail Mary is believed to begin at some point in 2024. In the middle of the lengthy profile on Phil Lord and Chris Miller published in May 2023, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that the filmmaking duo would be heading to the United Kingdom to begin filming in early 2024, but didn’t provide any additional information about production. Expect that to change in the coming weeks…

It might be some time before we get to see a trailer or additional information about Project Hail Mary , but there are plenty of movies to hold us over in the meantime, including Ryan Gosling’s The Fall Guy , which will hit theaters in May 2024.

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Andy Weir on Writing a Buddy Cop Story… Set in Space

We talked to The Martian author Andy Weir about his new book, Project Hail Mary, a buddy road trip wrapped in a science fiction survival tale.

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Andy Weir is all about survival. His first novel, T he Martian , centers upon the attempts of astronaut Mark Watney to survive long enough on the Red Planet for a rescue mission to reach him. His sophomore book, Artemis , is a fast-paced survival story of a different kind, set among various criminal factions on the Moon. His latest novel, Project Hail Mary , raises the stakes even higher— it’s about the survival of our entire species, and all life on Earth.

In Project Hail Mary , the Sun is getting dimmer, thanks to a mysterious substance known as Astrophage, a type of interstellar infection. Humanity is facing a ticking ecological time bomb; unless the secret of the Astrophage can be discovered and the planet-wide cooling process reversed, it’s goodnight for life as we know it. There’s just one long shot left for humankind: send a starship to make contact with whoever – or whatever – is behind it all. 

Project Hail Mary is as much a mystery novel as it is an SF survival tale. The book opens with our protagonist, Ryland Grace, waking up in a medical bay with two corpses and no memory of how he got there. What follows is a constant peeling back of layer after layer of this mystery, until finally, the truth is revealed. It’s a deeply satisfying ride, made even more so for those readers who share Weir’s obvious passion for science. Surprisingly, at its heart, Project Hail Mary is also a buddy road trip story, which kicks into high gear when Grace connects with an alien partner he names Rocky. 

After bonding over a shared love of Terry Pratchett, Andy and I talked about the influences behind Project Hail Mary , and what it took to bring the world of the Astrophage to life. 

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Den of Geek:  Project Hail Mary evokes similar feelings to the Robert A. Heinlein juveniles, and Arthur C. Clarke’s Rama books. Were those influences for you? 

Andy Weir: Oh, big time. I grew up reading my dad’s science fiction collection, Heinlein and Asimov and Clarke, they’re my Holy Trinity. And yeah, that sense of optimism I feel has kind of vanished from sci-fi, and a lot of science fiction ends up being this bleak, dystopian misery-scape where a teenager doing weird stuff is the only thing that’ll save the day. I just don’t buy into that. I have a firm belief that the future is almost always better than the past. I mean, 2020 kind of sucked, we can all agree, but I would rather live through 2020 again than 1920. 

Speaking of 2020, let’s talk about the Astrophage, which is basically Project Hail Mary’s nemesis. It’s a stellar virus, an infection transmitted from star to star. Did you plot the book during the Covid-19 pandemic, or was it just a fluke of timing? It seems like a very timely concept.

It does, but it’s pure coincidence. I actually finished the entire book before COVID-19 happened. This is the longest I’ve ever had a book done, but not yet published, because COVID messed with the print production pipelines. I actually finished the book in January of 2019. Astrophage was originally a technology called black matter, not a life form. It would absorb all electromagnetic radiation that hit it, and turn that energy into mass, in the form of more black matter. I thought, this is the perfect spacecraft fuel, because it mass converts. Then I thought, “Well, we have no way of creating that technology, I could not make that take place in the modern day… what if it wasn’t a technology? What if it was a life form?” Black matter takes energy and makes more black matter, but that’s kind of what life does, right? Humans take energy and make more humans out of it. That’s what we do. Cats take energy to make kittens. 

It’s the ultimate double-edged sword. It has the power to wipe us out, but if we were smart enough to harness it, Astrophage could become humanity’s gateway to the stars. 

That was my…kind of “shower epiphany.” I was thinking, “Oh, but we’d need to be really careful, because we wouldn’t want to let this shit get in our sun, because it would start breeding out of control. That’d be a disaster. We can’t have that.” Then I was like: “Wait a minute, disasters are where books come from. We can have that. We will have that!” Astrophage was… I can’t say handed to humanity on a silver platter, it was really more handed to humanity on a spiky, poisoned platter. 

That’s how the Big Three – Heinlein, Asimov, and Clarke – saw atomic power, wasn’t it? 

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Yeah, they did, and they’re not wrong. I still think that in the real world, our best bet for regular interplanetary travel is going to be ion propulsion, which requires a huge amount of energy, and so that’ll be reactors. This isn’t weird, way off in the middle of nowhere, made up science; this is real stuff. Humanity has put ion propulsion craft into space and used it, but if you scale that up big enough that you can have a passenger spacecraft, then you’re going to need to scale up the energy production. So, pretty much nuclear reactors are the only way to get that much energy out of such a small amount of weight. 

The novel has a very non-traditional structure, essentially starting at two different time points, and unfolding from there in tandem. Was Project Hail Mary a difficult book to plot? 

It wasn’t difficult to plot once I decided to use that structure, but it was a very difficult decision to go for that structure. I hate flashbacks. I always tell aspiring writers: “Don’t use flashbacks. Nobody likes them.” One of my main problems with flashbacks is, I’ll be really invested and interested in a story that’s going on, then suddenly we’re off somewhere else. We were over here doing neat stuff, now you’re over here doing boring stuff. This is a book, it’s entertainment, not a lesson. So, flashbacks often feel to me like you’re out playing with your friends and your mom tells you to come in and clean your room.

But I realized that this story, if told linearly, would be really weird. The whole scientific mystery which leads to the creation of the Hail Mary, and then the launch, is interesting, but it’s not a book… and so the flashbacks skip over the years. There’s this scene, and then the very next flashback you see will be two years later after that. The whole book would be really disjointed. From the second act on, it’s a completely different book. And so, I couldn’t think of any way to do this other than flashbacks. I’m like, “If I neat out the backstory bit by bit so that the stories kind of converge, and I’m constantly revealing new information in the flashbacks, then the flashbacks are compelling as well , ” and just had the two stories come together at the end.

If this had been poorly executed, it would have been a very difficult read, but I felt no jarring at all due to the jumping backward and forward in time. I found myself looking forward to the next flashback, then getting back to the Rocky and Ryland show.  I was also delighted to find there’s a lot of humor in there.

People don’t know it when they start the book, but it’s a buddy cop movie, basically. I don’t know if you watched those road movies from the ‘40s. Bob Hope and Bing Crosby will be on the road to something. There’s a bunch of movies that start with Road to… and then a location. It’s always the same principal plot, these two guys are trying to get somewhere, and all the funky, comedic things that happen along the way. It’s kind of like that. 

So, Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, the team behind The Lego Movie among many others , have been tapped to direct the Project Hail Mary Movie. 

MGM bought the rights, and they bought them outright, not an option, which is neat, because it implies they’re much more serious about making the movie. Ryan Gosling is attached to play the lead, so that’s pretty cool. 

Wonderful! Who’s your dream casting for Rocky, Grace’s alien partner?

I have some ideas for that, but I don’t want to give them away, because there’s been a lot of discussion on how do we portray the [alien] language situation on screen. In the book, after a while, I just start using italics to indicate what Rocky’s saying, and either Grace is looking it up on his computer, or later in the book has just learned Rocky’s language, learned how to understand what Rocky’s saying. We have an idea, and I think it’s a really solid idea. Ryan Gosling came up with it, and so I think that’s what we’re going to do. But films are so security conscious, I can’t really talk about it. 

It was great talking with you, Andy, and I wish you the very best of luck with Project Hail Mary. 

You too. Bye-bye.

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About Andy Weir

Andy Weir, an American author, made an impact with his science fiction and fantasy stories. His notable works include ‘The Martian,’ which was turned into a film in 2015 by Ridley Scott, and ‘Project Hail Mary,’ a finalist for the 2022 Hugo Award for Best Novel. Winning the John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer in 2016 highlighted his emerging talent. Originally a software engineer, Weir shifted to writing full-time, fueled by his passion for space and science.

Weir’s background in software engineering and his interest in space exploration heavily influence his writing. He effortlessly blends accurate scientific details with engaging storytelling. This unique approach not only adds credibility to his plots but also makes complex concepts accessible to readers. His commitment to realism in the context of space travel captivates readers, drawing them into the intricacies of his novels.

What truly distinguishes Andy Weir’s writing is his ability to craft relatable, well-rounded characters facing extraordinary challenges. His protagonists often display resilience, wit, and intelligence, making the journey through his books both enlightening and enjoyable.

Weir excels at creating stories that are not only entertaining but also offer a glimpse into the potential futures of space exploration, engaging readers with a perfect mix of science and fiction.

Early and Personal Life

Born June 16, 1972, in Davis, California, Andrew Taylor Weir grew up in Milpitas with a keen interest in science fiction, nurtured by the works of Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke. His early exposure to technology and science, fostered by his physicist father and electrical engineer mother, laid the groundwork for his future works. By 15, he was already programming for Sandia National Laboratories, blending his growing technical expertise with his love for storytelling.

Weir’s education at the University of California, San Diego, in computer science, paired with his subsequent work in software, including a stint at Blizzard Entertainment working on Warcraft II, notably influenced his writing. His career in programming allowed him to infuse his narratives with a sense of realism and detail that resonates with readers. This blend of personal interest and professional experience contributed to the creation of engaging, scientifically grounded stories.

Today, Andy Weir is celebrated for his contribution to science fiction. Living in Mountain View, California, with his wife, Ashley, and their son, he continues to connect with audiences worldwide. Despite personal challenges, like overcoming a fear of flying, he remains engaged with his fans and the broader community, showcasing his journey from a curious child to a renowned author.

Writing Career

Andy Weir began his writing career publishing stories and comics, like Casey and Andy and Cheshire Crossing, on his website. His early work, especially the widely circulated short story ‘The Egg’ from 2009, laid the foundation for his future success. This initial engagement set the stage for his breakthrough novel, ‘The Martian,’ which after starting as a free serial on his website, climbed the Amazon Kindle bestsellers list and eventually got published by Crown Publishing Group.

‘The Martian’ marked a pivotal moment for Weir, establishing him as a significant figure in contemporary science fiction. Following its success, he continued to captivate audiences with ‘Artemis’ and ‘Project Hail Mary,’ the latter gaining notable acclaim with it also being adapted into a film, this time starring Ryan Gosling. With each publication, Weir strengthens his reputation for blending scientific accuracy with engaging storytelling, confirming his ongoing impact in the science fiction genre.

The Martian

Andy Weir’s debut science-fiction novel was published in February 2014 by Crown, after initially being serialized on the web in 2011. It garnered multiple awards, including the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Best Foreign Work in 2015 and the Audie Award for Science Fiction in the same year. The novel also received nominations for the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel and the ITW Thriller Award for Best First Novel in 2015.

Astronaut Mark Watney recently became one of the earliest visitors to Mars, but now faces the possibility of being the first to die there. Left stranded by his crew after a brutal dust storm, Mark has no way to communicate with Earth and limited supplies. Despite the relentless challenges posed by damaged equipment, the harsh Martian environment, and potential human mistakes, Mark isn’t giving in.

Leveraging his engineering knowledge and unyielding determination, he tackles each obstacle, striving to beat the overwhelming odds for survival.

Weir’s ability to combine humor, science, and human tenacity makes the book appealing to both science fiction enthusiasts and newcomers alike. It’s a testament to the human spirit’s resilience, making it a must-read for anyone looking for an enthralling adventure.

Another science-fiction novel by Andy Weir, ‘Artemis’ saw its release on November 14, 2017, under the banner of Crown once again. Following the success of his debut novel, Weir’s second book brought anticipation and excitement among readers of the genre.

Jazz Bashara engages in minor smuggling to make ends meet in Artemis, the moon’s sole city, where life’s harsh for those not wealthy. When an opportunity for a lucrative heist presents itself, she sees a chance to resolve her financial struggles.

However, the job plunges her into the midst of a conspiracy fighting for control over Artemis. Jazz finds her survival dependent on a plan even more daring than the heist itself.

Weir’s narrative once again masterfully combines science, suspense, and a touch of humor. This book is a thrilling ride for anyone who loves a clever heist story wrapped in the mysteries of space.

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir’s third book published on May 4, 2021, by Ballantine Books, further solidified his reputation in the science fiction genre. The novel not only captivated readers worldwide but also earned the prestigious 2021 Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel, highlighting Weir’s continued prowess and appeal in the field.

Ryland Grace awakens as the only surviving member of a crucial mission, with the immense responsibility of averting human extinction resting on his shoulders, even as he struggles with amnesia. He finds himself adrift in space, far from Earth, accompanied only by the lifeless bodies of his crewmates, with no recollection of his mission or identity.

As fragments of his memory return, Ryland faces the daunting task of solving a scientific enigma that is key to saving humankind, all while isolated in the vastness of space. Despite the seemingly insurmountable odds, a glimmer of uncertainty arises, suggesting he might not be as alone as he initially thought.

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Andy Weir is a contemporary American author who is known for his science fiction novels. His reputation rests on his creative storytelling and his ability to weave fiction with non-fiction scientific details.

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His writing style is on display to no greater degree than in his most famous novel, The Martian . Throughout his career, Weir has thus far published three physical books. These are described in detail below, including plot and publication information. 

Two of his three novels, The Martian and Project Hail Mary, have been and are currently being made into films. The former was a major box office hit, elevating Weir’s reputation and expanding his readership considerably. 

The Martian

The Martian was Andy Weir’s first true novel. It first appeared on his website as a serialized, online novel. But, as its popularity grew, he made it available as a Kindle book for 99 cents. It was later picked up by a literary agent and sold to Crown Publishing Group. The print version appeared at #12 on The New York Times bestseller list. It was described by critics as one of the best science fiction novels of recent years.

The Martian was extensively researched so that it could be as accurate as possible . Weir describes spending time researching orbital mechanics to understand the limits of space flight. He also studied Mars itself, the history of space travel, botany, and all things needed to tell the story he ended up penning. 

The story follows the character of Mark Watney , an astronaut, and member of a mission to Mars that goes wrong. After only six days on the planet (out of a month-long mission), a storm forces the crew to evacuate. Watney is caught up in the storm, injured, and presumed dead by his crew. He’s left on Mars alone with very few resources. Read a summary of The Martian here .

Before NASA realizes he’s still alive, Watney uses his engineering and botany prowess to start growing potatoes and making water. With the provisions already available, he works to find a way to survive four years till the next mission. Here is a quote: 

If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is so fundamentally human that it’s found in every culture without exception. Yes, there are assholes who just don’t care, but they’re massively outnumbered by the people who do.

The novel follows Watney on Mars, the crew members on their way back to Each, and the men and women at NASA who struggle to rescue him while dealing with public relations. 

The book was made into a feature film in 2015 starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain. It was directed by Ridley Scott and grossed $630 million worldwide, making it the 15th highest-grossing movie of 2015. The film she on to win the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture in the Musical or Comedy category due to the humor inherent in Watney’s character . 

Project Hail Mary

Project Hail Mary is Weir’s most recent novel. It follows a teacher, Ryland Grace, who becomes an astronaut and is sent on a mission to figure out how to stop the Sun from dimming. This is something that he eventually recalls would bring about the end of humanity. NASA sends him twelve light-years away to another solar system, Tau Ceti. The twist is that Ryland wakes from a planned four-year coma in the middle of the mission, gradually becoming more aware of what he was sent to do. The other two crew members are dead and he’s alone. The novel’s plot is mostly conveyed through flashbacks to the past. 

They reveal that NASA discovered an alien, single-celled organism that began reproducing uncontrollably around the Sun, taking a huge amount of solar energy from Earth. This will, the novel states, bring about a new ice age in around 30 years. Here is a quote from the novel:

Do you believe in God? I know it’s a personal question. I do. And I think He was pretty awesome to make relativity a thing, don’t you? The faster you go, the less time you experience. It’s like He’s inviting us to explore the universe, you know?

The film rights were purchased by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film is going to be written by the same writer, Drew Goddard, who was responsible for The Martian. Ryan Gosling is slated to play the protagonist. 

Artemis was Weir’s second novel. It features a female protagonist, Jazz, who hails from the only city on the moon, Artemis. It was published in 2017 and takes place in the late 2080s. The book follows Jazz, or Jasmine, as she gets wrapped up in a conspiracy for the city’s control. Here is a quote from the book that demonstrates Weir’s style of writing:

The patch was thin, so you’d think it would melt first, but physics doesn’t work that way. Before the temperature could get up to the patch’s melting point of 1530°C, everything that could melt at a lower temperature had to melt first. And the melting point of the smelter walls was 1450°C. So, even though the patch was thin and the smelter was thick, the bottom of the smelter would give out before the patch got anywhere near its melting point. 

The novel was voted the best science fiction book of the year on Goodreads. Jazz works as a porter and a smuggler and, at the beginning of the novel, is offered an opportunity that she can’t pass up to assist a wealthy businessman with a new venture. 

Is Artemis a sequel to The Martian ?

Artemis is not a sequel to The Martian. Weir has stated that he does not plan to write a sequel to his best-selling book. 

Is Project Hail Mary a series?

It’s unclear at this point if there is going to be another Project Hail Mary novel. It is Weir’s most recent novel. There is a planned film, though.

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I wasn’t a huge fan of Project Hail Mary but I haven’t read The Martian - should I? (Is it better?)

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