Project Hail Mary

A Novel

by Marc Simonetti, Andy Weir

Hardcover, 432 pages

English language

Published 2022 by Subterranean Press.

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, he realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Alone on this tiny ship that’s been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it’s up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance.

Part …

And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance.

Part scientific mystery, part dazzling interstellar journey, 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.

21 editions

BlueBead reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Fun Speculative Sci-Fi and Friendly Aliens

5 stars

Content warning Spoilers about the "unexpected ally"

I love sci-fi that's well-grounded in reality, and for the most part PHM is just that. I also love stories where the aliens are friendly. All too often first-contact media is about immediately assuming the worst of any foreign entities, so a story about two species working together against a common threat is refreshing. Grace and Rocky are great characters.

Beñat Irasuegi Ibarra reviewed Proyecto Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Entretenigarria baina soluzionista

4 stars

ZiFiari normalean bi gauza eskatzen dizkiot, entretenigarria izatea eta bestelako mundu ikuskerak ematea. Liburu honek lehena lortu du baina bigarren alderdian soluzinistegia iruditu zait.

Historia oso entretenigarria egiten da, umore momentu askorekin, eta laguntasun tram politarekin. ZiFi "gogorra" bezala kalifikatu bada ere, parte zientifiko7ingenieritzakoak oso modu erraz eta didaktikoan azalduta daude.

Dilema etiko eta moralak planteatzen baditu ere, hauek bereziki indibidualitatean kokatzen dira, eta eremu kolektiboa gutxi lantzen da. Robinsonismo gehiegi du, hau da dena soluzionatu dezaken gizon txuriaren ikuspegia, beti ere laguntasunean biko kolaborazioan egiten bada ere. Bide bakarraren linea estuak tramari interesa ematen dio, baina soluzionismoa indartuz.

Irakurri, entretenigarria da.

73pctGeek reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Not a Weir fan

3 stars

Waking up, attached to strange medical equipment, he realises that he doesn’t know where he is, why he’s there, or who he even is.

The concept is fine, interesting even, but I do not enjoy Weir’s writing style. In fact, I’d forgotten just how much I dislike it in the decade since I read “The Martian”.

I find Weir tediously didactic, he over-explains everything, and so many plot points are so blatantly telegraphed, it makes a mockery of his supposedly intelligent characters. Speaking of which, I really don’t like Weir’s characters, particularly the protagonist.

Ryland Grace is a cardboard cut-out who cracks unfunny “jokes”, and tiresomely describes his every move. Grace’s character is just flat, despite him crying constantly (that’s how we know he is sad), or him being the coolest teacher ever.

Weir is not for me, I shall stop reading Weir.

Skaitanti Mėsa reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Review of 'Project Hail Mary' on 'Goodreads'

No rating

Andy Weir is the reincarnation of Jules Verne for the modern times, I have learned a lot of science from his books and it was fun.

Audio Enjoyer reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Awesome Science Fiction

5 stars

Great Science Fiction book and a great story of friendship!

Sandra reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Review of 'Project Hail Mary' on 'Goodreads'

No rating

DNF I didn't care for this. It was too unbelievable and too corny. So, not for me.

Salagubang reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Review of 'Project Hail Mary' on 'Storygraph'

No rating

Definitely a worth while read. I'm glad he did not get back to Earth. It's better left to the reader what happened after saving Rocky.

readwallahbw@bookwyrm.social reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Review of 'Project Hail Mary' on 'Storygraph'

No rating

Definitely a worth while read. I'm glad he did not get back to Earth. It's better left to the reader what happened after saving Rocky.

bbbhltz reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Pure entertainment

5 stars

I think this will be the book I recommend the most this year. It is entertaining from beginning to end. If you like sci-fi or space stories, read it. If you don't, read it anyway because you will laugh. It is very rare that I tear through a book in the span of a day, but, and I apologise for the cliché, I could not put this book down.