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Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary

Inquiring Minds

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The Hero's Journey

"I couldn't decide whether project hale mary was truly a hero's journey, or were you deviating from that kind of standard monomyth in some really creative ways," he said. "It's just, i don't know if it's the society i grew up in or the fiction that i've enjoyed my whole life, it kind of turned into something like that." He also asked why their number system is based on six when they have five appendages and claw-like fingers.

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