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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: "Project Hail Mary: A Novel" by Andy Weir
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:12:22 -0600
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"Project Hail Mary: A Novel" by Andy Weir
    https://www.amazon.com/Project-Hail-Mary-Andy-Weir/dp/0593135229/

A standalone science fiction book, no prequel or sequel known.  I reread 
(third or fourth time, not sure) the well printed and well bound trade 
paperback published by Ballantine Books in 2022 that I bought new on 
Amazon.  I will continue to read all books by Andy Weir, this is my 
third book of his.

This is a story of love, desperation, betrayal, death, incredibly long 
loneliness, and great achievement.  This is the story of Rocky and 
Grace, two people who never should have met.  Please note that this is 
not a religious book.

This is not a hard science story as there is an amoeba like creature 
that can absorb light and turn it into mass and vice versa (E = mc^2).
And there are space aliens, three wildly different variants.  Everything 
else is definitely hard science.  Science rules !

I loved the spaceship "Hail Mary".  It just makes sense for the 
multiyear journey to Tau Ceti.  And the spaceship is a transformer to 
provide a centrifuge for gravity when the engines were not firing, just 
cool.

MGM has bought the movie rights to the book for $3 million and Ryan 
Gosling has signed on as the main character Grace.  The movie is due to 
be released in March 2026 to an estimated billion dollar plus box office 
like "The Martian".  I am not sure who the voice of "Rocky" will be.
  
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lord-millers-project-hail-mary-enlisting-martian-scribe-drew-goddard-1299338/
and
    https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12042730/

The author has a website at:
    https://andyweirauthor.com/

My rating: 6 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (138,620 reviews)

Lynn