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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING NOVELA BARRACK OBAMA READING PICKA lone astronaut.An impossible mission.An ally he never imagined.The most enjoyable hard SF I have read in years GUARDIANWeirs finest work to date. . . This is the one book I read last year that I am certain I can recommend to anyone, no matter who, and know theyll love it. BRANDON SANDERSONIf you like a lot of science in your science fiction, Andy Weir is the writer for you. . . This one has everything fans of old school SF (like me) love. GEORGE R.R. MARTINBrilliantly funny and enjoyable. One of the most plausible science fiction books Ive ever read TIM PEAKE, astronaut________________________________________Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish.Except that right now, he doesnt know that. He cant even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.All he knows is that hes been asleep for a very, very long time. And hes just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, Ryland realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Hurtling through space on this tiny ship, its up to him to puzzle out an impossible scientific mystery-and conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.And with the clock ticking down and the nearest human being light-years away, hes got to do it all alone.Or does he?An irresistible interstellar adventure as only Andy Weir could imagine it, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian -- while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.________________________________________One of the most original, compelling, and fun voyages Ive ever taken. ERNEST CLINE, author of Ready Player One and Ready Player TwoUndisputedly the best book Ive read in a very, very long time. Mark my words: Project Hail Mary is destined to become a classic. BLAKE CROUCHAndy Weirs brilliant Project Hail Mary...is one of those stirring sci-fi novels about every government on Earth banding together, through science, to save civilisation from collapse. I loved it. THE TIMESA suspenseful portrait of human ingenuity and resilience [that] builds to an unexpectedly moving ending. A winner. PUBLISHERS WEEKLYWeir returns with gusto . . . his writing flows naturally, and his characters and dialogue crackle with energy. With this novel, he takes his place as a genuine star in the mainstream SF world. BOOKLIST
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Author: | Andy Weir |
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Publisher: | Penguin |
SKU: | 9781529157468 |
EAN: | 9781529157468 |
Number Of Pages: | 496 |
Language: | English |
Binding: | Paper Back |
Reading age : | Teen |