Uppdrag Hail Mary

Ensam i rymden

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eBook, 510 pages

Swedish language

Published May 3, 2021 by Bookmark förlag.

ISBN:
978-91-89298-31-6
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(6 reviews)

Ryland Grace är ensam överlevande på det sista desperata uppdraget att försöka rädda jorden. Om han misslyckas innebär det slutet för mänskligheten.

Men det vet inte Ryland. Han vet varken vad han heter, vem han är eller var han befinner sig. Det enda Ryland vet är att han sovit länge, som i åratal, och att han just vaknat, miljontals mil hemifrån med endast två döda astronauter till sällskap.

UPPDRAG HAIL MARY ensam i rymden handlar, precis som The Martian, om en övergiven hjälte i rymden. Med samma underfundiga humor och nördiga jargong får läsaren följa hur Ryland, likt ett mysterium inuti mysteriet-pussel löser frågan om vem han är och hur han ska kunna rädda mänskligheten Och vem, eller kanske snarare vad, det är som kommit till hans undsättning.

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reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Not a Weir fan

Waking up, attached to strange medical equipment, he realises that he doesn’t know where he is, why he’s there, or who he even is.

The concept is fine, interesting even, but I do not enjoy Weir’s writing style. In fact, I’d forgotten just how much I dislike it in the decade since I read “The Martian”.

I find Weir tediously didactic, he over-explains everything, and so many plot points are so blatantly telegraphed, it makes a mockery of his supposedly intelligent characters. Speaking of which, I really don’t like Weir’s characters, particularly the protagonist.

Ryland Grace is a cardboard cut-out who cracks unfunny “jokes”, and tiresomely describes his every move. Grace’s character is just flat, despite him crying constantly (that’s how we know he is sad), or him being the coolest teacher ever.

Weir is not for me, I shall stop reading Weir.

reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Like eating a whole bag of potato chips

I had fun reading this and ripped through it, which is basically what I needed for post-holiday slump. Now I have a good reading habit and can read better stuff with more focus, yay. Fun story and enjoyed the science and comfortingly rhythmic problem-solving, and the alien stuff was cool. But ultimately I can't say I thought it was good.

reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Review of 'Project Hail Mary' on 'Storygraph'

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Definitely a worth while read. I'm glad he did not get back to Earth. It's better left to the reader what happened after saving Rocky.

reviewed Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Pure entertainment

I think this will be the book I recommend the most this year. It is entertaining from beginning to end. If you like sci-fi or space stories, read it. If you don't, read it anyway because you will laugh. It is very rare that I tear through a book in the span of a day, but, and I apologise for the cliché, I could not put this book down.

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Subjects

  • hard science-fiction
  • science-fiction
  • sci-fi
  • hard sci-fi
  • nyt:hardcover-fiction=2021-05-23
  • New York Times bestseller
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  • Fiction, science fiction, action & adventure
  • Fiction, science fiction, hard science fiction