Andy Weir: Project Hail Mary and The Martian

Andy Weir is the king of sci-fi. His first novel The Martian
follows Mark Watney, an astronaut mistakenly presumed dead and
abandoned on Mars by his crew during a dust storm. Stranded with
limited supplies, he uses his botany and engineering skills to
survive while NASA figures out how to rescue him. His next novel
was Artemis, following a woman living in the first city on the
Moon. Then came Project Hail Mary. We follow science teacher Ryland
Grace as he wakes up on a spaceship with no recollection of who he
is or how he got there. As his memory slowly returns, he discovers
he is the last surviving person on a mission into space to
understand a substance called astrophage. Astrophage is causing the
sun to die out, and scientists have discovered a distant planet
that might hold the key to destroying it. Ryland Grace has to use
his scientific training to finish the mission alone, and meets an
unlikely ally in space. It’s a story of friendship, communication,
understanding, and resilience. It’s both laugh out loud funny and
cry your eyes out heartbreaking, a modern sci-fi classic. Now it’s
been turned into a film. In our last episode I met with star of the
film Ryan Gosling and filmmakers Lord and Miller. And now, we’re
chatting with the author himself Andy Weir. I really hope you enjoy
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