I liked Andy Weir's The Martian (book and movie), and have been looking forward to eventually seeing/reading Project Hail Mary.

But after his recent comments describing all modern Trek as shit (weaselly "I was taken out of context" semi-apology and all), and a comment from a few years ago about how he hates politics in SF, writes SF without any political content (which, as Foz Meadows points out in the linked article, is ridiculous), and thinks Star Trek doesn't need all the politics and just wants to see Klingons and Romulans shooting at each other....

My current opinion is that he's a very popular author who is exhibiting a truly remarkable lack of both personal introspection and critical thought regarding science fiction as a whole, and is apparently quite a bit of an ass, to boot.

https://fozmeadows.substack.com/p/politics-in-sff-arguing-with-andy

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ADORO IL GENIO - TEST

Finalmente...

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I loved Project Hail Mary. Start to finish. My entire family loved it. Even my 77yo dad who we dragged along to go see it loved it — and he generally detests scifi.

So hear me when I say this (ie read the above again), for *me* The Martian still inches out Project Hail Mary. Just by a smidget. Barely. But it does.

But both are awesome. And I can’t wait to rewatch PHM when it comes to streaming. In the meantime, I’ll rewatch The Martian (for the umpteenth time).

And bring on the new sci-fi novel Andy Weir is currently writing!

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BBC News: Ryan Gosling on bringing humour to sci-fi adventure Project Hail Mary
BBC News - Ryan Gosling on bringing humour to sci-fi adventure Project Hail Mary
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cm2xrxp3kz0o

The book is excellent so I'll be watching this.

#theMartian was also an amazing book. The film was close to the story but missed out some great parts of the original storyline.

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New release review: Project Hail Mary

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