Science as Tool Versus Speculative World‑Building

Episode Info

• Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
• Chapters: 23 - 30
• Summary

Topics

• Intro (0:00:00)
• Summary (0:01:02)
• Impressions (0:05:41)
• Writing Feature? (0:11:39)
• Quibble with the Very End (0:17:57)
• Hard Sci Fi? (0:24:18)
• Optimism (0:31:25)
• SPOILERS: The Martian (0:37:20)
• Eridian Civilization (0:39:33)
• Ranking Project Hail Mary (0:42:57)
• Outro (0:48:37)
• MAJOR SPOILER: Three-Body Problem (0:49:18)

References

• Reddit | Eridian Biology (From Project Hail Mary) - canon
• Reddit | AMA
• Andy Weir's 'Project Hail Mary' - A conversation with science-fiction author, Andy Weir