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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/116305793811427182

I'd been thinking about making some time to read _Project Hail Mary_ so I could go see the movie and join the convo about it. And then I read this 👇🏻.

Nice to not have to crowbar that into my schedule, but overall? I'd rather Andy Weir had just not been a shitwaffle. Seriously, I am _so sick and tired_ of white-guy SF authors turning out to be right-wing assholes.

(Also, the thing about "there's no symbolism or themes in my work"... dafuq? Why would any writer say something like that? 🤯🤡)

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Alessandro Corazza 🇨🇦

@kagan

Somewhat surprising because his second book (although bad) had a female main character. Books # 1 and 3 are definitely generic white guy exceptionalism though.

What's the right-wing thing he went on and what did he say?

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Hal Pomeranz 1d ago

@alessandro @kagan https://hachyderm.io/@heathborders/116306888079462393

Heath Borders (@[email protected])

@mekkaokereke I never cared for the book that much (tho I enjoyed The Martian a great deal). It's disappointing that he went on a fascist podcast to support his movie. I'm not going to listen to the podcast itself, but I found coverage of the podcast from a fascist blog, and being "apolitical" in a time of fascism means you're at least condone fascism. I looked for other interviews, and he seems like a generic "libertarian" and "I don't see race" white guy. I can definitely understand not supporting someone with that kind of racism. https://www.westernjournal.com/project-hail-mary-writer-says-hit-film-worked-avoided-woke-political-agendas/

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Alessandro Corazza 🇨🇦1d ago

@hal_pomeranz @kagan

Ew, critical drinker. I've had to block that channel from my YouTube feed because the algorithm tries to get me to watch that and a few other right-wing channels that sometimes talk about Star Trek. No thanks.

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Kagan MacTane (he/him)1d ago

@alessandro @hal_pomeranz I think I may have heard the name once or twice before, but nothing else about it. At least now I know not to ever give it any clicks or attention.

And that it's a red flag if someone goes on it.

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Alessandro Corazza 🇨🇦1d ago

@kagan

It's one of those channels that rails about Trek having "gone woke", which is an indication of 1) being a huge asshole, and 2) never having understood Trek beyond "phasers go pew pew hehehe"

Weir's response is so clueless and tiresome - more whining from someone who has enough privilege that they don't have to notice these things. Must be nice to not have to think about politics because politics isn't currently thinking about you. He's a shit writer too.

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Kagan MacTane (he/him)1d ago

@alessandro Looks like it was on the Critical Drinker podcast. In here: https://www.resetera.com/threads/andy-weir-author-of-project-hail-mary-does-interview-with-right-wing-content-creator-shitbag-the-critical-drinker-to-promote-the-film-adaptation.1475038/, hit the "Click to expand" link under "Messageofanego said". There's some stuff in the first 2 grafs, including him using "woke" as a pejorative, and then scroll down to 58:17 for the stuff where he agrees "identity politics" is "crappy" and then claims he never puts politics, messages, or deeper meaning into his work at all.

Andy Weir, author of Project Hail Mary, does interview with right-wing "content creator" shitbag The Critical Drinker to promote the film adaptation News

Source: Post from r/saltierthankrayt (OP also indicates that Weir "clearly [showed] that he's a fan of Drinker during the interview"). Perhaps this isn't news to those more familiar with his work, but this is really disappointing as someone who absolutely loved Project Hail Mary, both the film...

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