![]() The amnesic protagonist is a common trope in video games to allow the player to identify with the character without the baggage of too much backstory. It’s a more emotional story and takes some very unexpected turns.Īs the blurb for the book states, Project Hail Mary starts off with astronaut Ryland Grace waking up on a spaceship, only to discover that he has amnesia. ![]() ![]() Project Hail Mary retains Weir’s trademark glorification of science and scientists, but also differs from his previous two books. I thought Artemis was a bit of a misfire, largely because Weir seemed to struggle writing a female protagonist. The focus on smart scientists solving hard science problems was both a welcome throwback to the Golden Age of science fiction and a clever new take on the space-disaster genre. ![]() Andy Weir’s The Martian was one of my favorite books of the past decade. ![]()
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