Project Hail Mary
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
Reviewed by L. Bennett
When he awoke he didn't know where he was, couldn't remember his name, and was in a room he did not recognize. Robotic arms hung from the ceiling and a computer kept asking his name. With his memory returning in flashes and snippets, it took him a while to realize he was in a space ship, had been in an induced coma, and had a mission. With his two companions dead, he alone would have to figure out how to save the sun and planet Earth. Therein begins Andy Weir's sci-fi tale of a misplaced junior high school science teacher tasked with applying his nerdy science interests to a herculean challenge. Splashed with humorous dialog and a plentitude of math, astronomy, and physics, the story has everything a sci-fi novel should. Technological innovations abound, dangers lurk in the dark recesses of the ship, and on the radar screen is a vessel of unknown origin. This was a fun escape but I admit to skipping over a lot of the science details.
