Andy Weir

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?

Project Hail Mary

Roman

Der Astronaut

Tabea

»Tja, jetzt bist du nicht mehr allein, Freund«, sage ich. »Wir sind beide nicht mehr allein.«

Also bin ich ein Mann Mitte dreißig, der allein in einem kleinen Apartment lebt, ich habe keine Kinder, aber ich mag Kinder sehr. Mir gefällt nicht, wohin das führt... Lehrer! Jetzt erinnere ich mich! Gott sei Dank. Ich bin Lehrer.

The sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission to save both humanity and the earth, Ryland Grace is hurtled into the depths of space when he must conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. 

A Novel

Danny White

Antarctica used to be a jungle. For millions of years it was as lush as Africa. But continental drift and natural climate change froze it over. All those plants died and decomposed. The gases from that decomposition—most notably methane—got trapped in the ice.”

I’ve gone from “sole-surviving space explorer” to “guy with wacky new roommate.

It’s rare to find a scientist who is also a good administrator

When European mariners first came across Asian mariners, no one was surprised they both used sails.

For fifty thousand years, right up to the industrial revolution, human civilization was about one thing and one thing only: food. Every culture that existed put most of their time, energy, manpower, and resources into food. Hunting it, gathering it, farming it, ranching it, storing it, distributing it…it was all about food

And just like that another climate denier is born. See how easy it is? All I have to do is tell you something you don’t want to hear.

It’s a weird feeling, scientific breakthroughs. There’s no Eureka moment. Just a slow, steady progression toward a goal. But man, when you get to that goal it feels good.

“Why is Eridian science and human science so similar? Billions of years, but almost the same progress.” It’s been bugging me for a while. Humans and Eridians evolved separately in separate star systems. We had no contact with each other until now. So why is it that we have almost identical technology? I mean, Eridians are a little behind us in space technology, but not a ton. Why aren’t they in their stone age? Or some superfuturistic age that makes modern Earth look antiquated? “Has to be, or you and I would not meet,” Rocky says. “If planet has less science, it no can make spaceship. If planet has more science it can understand and destroy Astrophage without leaving their system. Eridian and human science both in special range: Can make ship, but can’t solve Astrophage problem.

Gravity doesn’t just “go away” when you’re in orbit. In fact, the gravity you experience in orbit is pretty much the same as you’d experience on the ground. The weightlessness that astronauts experience while in orbit comes from constantly falling. But the curvature of the Earth makes the ground go away at the same rate you fall. So you just fall forever

Zhao Ma

AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW: from the bestselling author of THE MARTIAN 'If you like a lot of science in your science fiction, Andy Weir is the writer for you. . . This one has everything fans of old school SF (like me) love.' GEORGE R.R. MARTIN 'Brilliantly funny and enjoyable. One of the most plausible science fiction books I've ever read' TIM PEAKE, astronaut 'Weir's finest work to date. . . This is the one book I read last year that I am certain I can recommend to anyone, no matter who, and know they'll love it.' BRANDON SANDERSON ________________________________________ A lone astronaut. An impossible mission. An ally he never imagined. 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 imagine it, 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. ________________________________________ 'One of the most original, compelling, and fun voyages I've ever taken.' ERNEST CLINE, author of Ready Player One and Ready Player Two 'Undisputedly the best book I've read in a very, very long time. Mark my words: Project Hail Mary is destined to become a classic.' BLAKE CROUCH 'An unforgettable story of survival and the power of friendship - nothing short of a science-fiction masterwork.' KIRKUS REVIEWS 'A suspenseful portrait of human ingenuity and resilience [that] builds to an unexpectedly moving ending. A winner.' PUBLISHERS WEEKLY 'Weir returns with gusto . . . his writing flows naturally, and his characters and dialogue crackle with energy. With this novel, he takes his place as a genuine star in the mainstream SF world.' BOOKLIST

From the bestselling author of The Martian

Rahma Ali

A lone astronaut is on a desperate, last-chance mission to save the earth from disaster in this incredible new science-based thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Martian. 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 a computer and 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 scientific mystery, part dazzling interstellar journey, The Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian--while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.

Lexie

Thierry Schellenbach

Good science, but the science becomes a bit dull when the plot line is just - life finds a way, and another one, and another one.....and another.....boy this is getting a bit old. 

Would have like to see a tragic plotline that stuck for more than a few chapters at least ://// 

Zubi Mendi

Good science, but the science becomes a bit dull when the plot line is just - life finds a way, and another one, and another one.....and another.....boy this is getting a bit old. 

Would have like to see a tragic plotline that stuck for more than a few chapters at least ://// 

I understand that Mr. Weir wants the book to be accessible, but the writing is very elementary and deteriorates from the reading experience.

Akhilesh

Jay Tan

The book is very much written like a script and is quite predictable.

Paper boy

Good book entertaning, nothing special, good math

simran singh

Aidan

This is probably my book of the year. Absolutely perfect.

Joe Mccaffery 

Very good, a nice plot twist, got me emotionally invested in the characters whilst doing the normal Andy Weir play of nerdy details throughout, enjoyed it very much.

Fred Rivett

Abdul Rehman Ismail

Such an amazing book to read. Loved every bit of it.

Eva Ströberg

This book reminds me a lot of The Martian. Not the story, but the goofy, self-narrative that is almost half of the book, not that I mind about it. It gives Ryland Grace, the main character, a little bit of humbleness and humanness that we can't all be scientific and serious at the same time. We can be stupid, telling ourselves stupid jokes and think that we can get away with it, when we're ALONE.

Yes, he's alone. In Space. Familiar? 

Ryland Grace woke up in a spaceship all alone (although he didn't reveal much in the start, but there's a chart of a spaceship on the beginning of the book and that you know the book is about space, so not much clue wasted there) and he had no clue where he was going or how he ended up there.

But he gained his memory little by little and what he remembers will shock you! HAHA, enough with the clickbait, get on reading...

anya

danakim

Wow. Just wow. I was reluctant on reading Project Hail Mary because I have never been interested in the Sci-Fi genre and boy am I ever glad I gave it a shoot. This my first space oriented book and my second ever sci-fi book after Dark Matter and it did not disappoint. The main character has so much charm and likability! And the other articulated science I would have never understood on my own incredibly well. I thought the ending was perfect and had me making audible noise of despair and excitement. I do have to say it felt a little long, but it's still a 5 star rating for me.

The hype is real - I would recommend Project Hail Mary to anyone who's on the fence like I once was.

Part interesting, part meh. Narrator's tone was pretty annoying even though the science was interesting. I'm glad that I finished it but not feeling compelled to read more. 

Ira Cummings

The start and its build up to creating the shared language and understanding were the highlights. Lost a little steam as it went on.

c0up

Jeremy Mano

lala

Let me just start by saying: reading science fiction is always weird for me because I subconsciously fact-check the whole thing in my head. Sometimes I take science fiction too seriously, it's meant to be fiction after all. The whole thing where a scientist is mysteriously drawn to a international collaboration project often happen in science fiction but sometimes I just feel it to be not realistic (I know, it's fiction, I should be more chill about it). However there's some amount of reality in Weir's character Grace. I like how the story is told back and forth and not linearly, it gives it a mystery while the book slowly reveals what's happening in the book. The alien Grace encounter, Rocky is surprisingly very adorable and interesting character. That's what I admire from Weir's work: despite there being so many scientific 'theory-dropping' he's still able to develop the characters in the book adequately. The science is sound too-- and from the Acknowledgements I saw that Weir had a lot of science consulting on his part of writing the book. Although I have to complain that Grace's character is supposed to be a microbiologist but he seems to be able to conquer stuff that I suppose is not within a microbiologist's knowledge. "But he's a science teacher!!" yeah and how do you suppose a science teacher could accurately calculate a trajectory to a planet he's never been before accurately especially considering relativistic calculation? It just kind of irked me a bit but otherwise this has been a really interesting read and a good sci-fi.

Mariam Arif

Jordan

Damn this is a good book. Full of science and humour. I would have liked a small epilogue on what happened to Earth though, I don't think it would have improved the story but it would have eased my curiosity.

"Fist my bump"

A. D. Knapp

I love Rocky. Rocky and Grace’s friendship was awesome

nuha ✨️

i did not care about mankind whatsoever in this book. i was worried about my best friend ROCKY!

cloud

Thoroughly enjoyed this! Was not expecting this to be such a feel good book. In a way this was less scientific than and more interpersonal relationship building than i expected but i really really enjoyed the whole thing. The book went by so quickly and i love the tone of this. 

Gloria

Really enjoyable. Scientific and flashback passages were kind of slogs at times, but the ending is worth it.

elizabeth

The sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission to save both humanity and the earth, Ryland Grace is hurtled into the depths of space when he must conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

Really fun book. Not at all what I expected (my reference point was the movie adaptation of The Martian). This was lighter, funnier, and more warm hearted than expected. Definitely falls into the category of “competency porn.”

Project Hail Mary

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