Mastodawn

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 🇨🇦2d ago

@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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Kagan MacTane (he/him)

@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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