UN ÚNICO ASTRONAUTA. UNA MISIÓN IMPOSIBLE. UN ALIADO QUE JAMÁS HABRÍA IMAGINADO. Ryland Grace es el único superviviente en una misión desesperada. Es la última oportunidad y, si fracasa, la humanidad y la Tierra misma perecerán. Claro que, de momento, él no lo sabe. Ni siquiera puede recordar su propio nombre, y mucho menos la naturaleza de su misión o cómo llevarla a cabo. Lo único que sabe es que ha estado en coma inducido durante mucho mucho tiempo. Acaba de despertar y se encuentra a millones de kilómetros de su hogar, sin más compañía que la de dos cadáveres. Muertos sus compañeros de tripulación, y a medida que va recuperando confusamente los recuerdos, Grace se da cuenta de que se enfrenta a una misión imposible. Recorriendo el espacio en una pequeña nave, depende de él acabar con una amenaza de extinción para nuestra especie. Sin apenas tiempo y con …
UN ÚNICO ASTRONAUTA. UNA MISIÓN IMPOSIBLE. UN ALIADO QUE JAMÁS HABRÍA IMAGINADO. Ryland Grace es el único superviviente en una misión desesperada. Es la última oportunidad y, si fracasa, la humanidad y la Tierra misma perecerán. Claro que, de momento, él no lo sabe. Ni siquiera puede recordar su propio nombre, y mucho menos la naturaleza de su misión o cómo llevarla a cabo. Lo único que sabe es que ha estado en coma inducido durante mucho mucho tiempo. Acaba de despertar y se encuentra a millones de kilómetros de su hogar, sin más compañía que la de dos cadáveres. Muertos sus compañeros de tripulación, y a medida que va recuperando confusamente los recuerdos, Grace se da cuenta de que se enfrenta a una misión imposible. Recorriendo el espacio en una pequeña nave, depende de él acabar con una amenaza de extinción para nuestra especie. Sin apenas tiempo y con el ser humano más cercano a años luz de distancia, habrá de conseguirlo estando completamente solo. ¿O no? Proyecto Hail Mary, una aventura interestelar irresistible como solo Andy Weir podía imaginar, es una historia de descubrimiento, especulación y supervivencia a la altura de El marciano, que nos lleva a lugares que nunca soñamos alcanzar.
This is my first review of a book and is a kind of reaction to the one star commentaries that I saw. For sure I have read The Martian a while back and I can see that this book is similar, but I think a lot of people enjoy it (like I did) because of those similarities. Sure, there are a lot of cliché characters but in the kind of hopefully vision of the future that is lacking right now. The stereotipe of scientists from Russia, China, America and other places that set aside differences to save the world is a much needed hope that if the world is at stake we will all come together. Sure, the book is not all fairies and rainbows, the hero is actually a coward sent against is will to save humanity and in the mean time there is almost a surety that there …
This is my first review of a book and is a kind of reaction to the one star commentaries that I saw. For sure I have read The Martian a while back and I can see that this book is similar, but I think a lot of people enjoy it (like I did) because of those similarities. Sure, there are a lot of cliché characters but in the kind of hopefully vision of the future that is lacking right now. The stereotipe of scientists from Russia, China, America and other places that set aside differences to save the world is a much needed hope that if the world is at stake we will all come together. Sure, the book is not all fairies and rainbows, the hero is actually a coward sent against is will to save humanity and in the mean time there is almost a surety that there will be wars and the usual humans in the time of an apocalypse, but the overall tone is optimistic and upbeat and is what a lot of us need sometime. So is a fast and entertaining lecture, that you maybe forget after a while what is about, but you will remember that you felt good reading it.
Wow! What an excellent book. It's so engaging! I feel excited the whole journey. I like the hard-sci-fi shown in this book. It's all about the science, engineering and experimenting in order to move forward. Amazing!
Wow! What an excellent book. It's so engaging! I feel excited the whole journey. I like the hard-sci-fi shown in this book. It's all about the science, engineering and experimenting in order to move forward. Amazing!
Project Hail Mary is a very science focused sci-fi novel, which resonates with the science geek in me. But despite having a lot of science, that never takes over from the real story. The scenario is interesting from a philosophical perspective, and the story is interesting and fun from the beginning to the end. This was the book of the year for me, and I can highly recommend it if you like sci-fi.
Wow! What an excellent book. It's so engaging! I feel excited the whole journey. I like the hard-sci-fi shown in this book. It's all about the science, engineering and experimenting in order to move forward. Amazing!
Wow! What an excellent book. It's so engaging! I feel excited the whole journey. I like the hard-sci-fi shown in this book. It's all about the science, engineering and experimenting in order to move forward. Amazing!
Fantastic sci fi at it's best, I found myself wanting to keep picking the book up to find what happens next, right until the end. I will definitely try some others by him.
Fantastic sci fi at it's best, I found myself wanting to keep picking the book up to find what happens next, right until the end. I will definitely try some others by him.
C’est un bouquin extraordinaire. On retrouve le plaisir d’ingénierie de The Martian, avec des personnage ayant plus de profondeur. L’histoire est captivante, j’ai eu du mal à lâcher le livre.
The Martian was amazing, and while this one was a different plot, it felt just as amazing and scientific. I went in there knowing nothing about the plot and after the first few pages I expected a Martian 2.0, but then it went off on a tangent and it was so, so great. I'm glad I didn't know where this was going because no blurb could do it justice. The only things I miss a bit are quotes like "Duct tape is magic and should be worshipped" or "In space, nobody can hear you scream like a little girl", but that's a small price to pay.
I thought I didn't like science-fiction, but this kind (I think it's called "hard sci-fi"?) is 100% of what I want in a new genre for me.
The Martian was amazing, and while this one was a different plot, it felt just as amazing and scientific. I went in there knowing nothing about the plot and after the first few pages I expected a Martian 2.0, but then it went off on a tangent and it was so, so great. I'm glad I didn't know where this was going because no blurb could do it justice. The only things I miss a bit are quotes like "Duct tape is magic and should be worshipped" or "In space, nobody can hear you scream like a little girl", but that's a small price to pay.
I thought I didn't like science-fiction, but this kind (I think it's called "hard sci-fi"?) is 100% of what I want in a new genre for me.
What a lovely read this was... I tend to read some pretty heavy sprawling-plot sci-fi, and came at this knowing virtually nothing about it other than having seen The Martian in the cinema. As such, I found the small, contained nature of the story (despite the huge consequences in the background) to be thoroughly refreshing. I was smiling throughout and constantly wanting to read on to find out what happened next. I was up 'til 1am last night because I got close to the end and just had to keep going. Excellent.
What a lovely read this was... I tend to read some pretty heavy sprawling-plot sci-fi, and came at this knowing virtually nothing about it other than having seen The Martian in the cinema. As such, I found the small, contained nature of the story (despite the huge consequences in the background) to be thoroughly refreshing. I was smiling throughout and constantly wanting to read on to find out what happened next. I was up 'til 1am last night because I got close to the end and just had to keep going. Excellent.
