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Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir

The Book Pile

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The Importance of Humor in Fiction

A movie based on this book is in the works with the same writer as the guy who adapted the Martian. The Washington Post was mad that the characters aren't using checklists because you know how cinematic those are. This author does what I've never seen anyone do, which is having an alien that is both realistic and cute. And to recap our favorite lessons from Project Hail Mary: One, justify cliche by changing one little thing.

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