may never have heard of
Project Hail Mary
What planet have you been living on for the last few years?
Lol right, probably the most famous sci-fi book talked about in the last five years. I run across it being discussed weekly at least.
A non sci-fi planet. Never heard of it, been too into fantasy.
Man, I had such a hard time with Hail Mary. I tried twice to get through the first two chapters, giving up each time out of frustration. When, under sustained pressure from a friend, I forced myself past that block, I mostly enjoyed the story, but got frustrated again near the end.
I think Weir just isn’t an author for me.
Sorry; I was triggered by the graphic. It’s not only not a “must read,” but also one I wouldn’t recommend. Although, I admit I’m in a minority, and most of my friends liked it. I absolutely loathed ASoFaI as a poorly disguised, worse knock-off of Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn, and it was hugely popular.
I’ve read project hail mary and totally get what you mean, though I did still enjoy it. I think it’s decent soft sci-fi for people who don’t typically dabble in the genre, but I had to go read an alastair reynolds book right after to cleanse my pallet.
Nothing wrong with that, everyone have their own tastes.
I find it pretty annoying when you don’t like something but people would insist that it’s your fault, and you should read/watch/listen it again. Personally, I won’t consider Weir as one of my favourite author, but he is definitely in the the list of writers whose book I’ll always read.
Oh man, Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn is SO good. Been decades since I read those, I wonder how well they’ve held up
Quite well, if I’m any measure. I discovered them late® in life; I don’t read much fantasy since my teenage years. I think I was in my 40’s when I read them, and I loved them.
Thoughts on children of Time? I first heart of project hail Mary after I finished children of time
Children of Time was fun. Interesting writing techniques, some rich perspectives of various levels of consciousness. As a recovering arachnaphobe I heartily recommend it haha
Children of Time is by a different author, though - Adrian Tchaikovsky. I generally like all of Tchaikovski’s work, and he’s noticeably maturing as a writer, and getting better, with each novel. Time had some (IMHO) weaknesses that are missing from later novels in the series, but it’s still a very good book.
But, again, not the same author.
I read it. I enjoyed it. I can’t remember a single thing about the book without a an obvious reminder
Thank you shepherd.com, i hadn’t heard of the single most famous sci-fi writer of the last decade.
I think the other recs are good. Either I’ve fallen out of the SF market or I had genuinely never heard of the non-Weir books. I have to give that caveat because Project Hail Mary has been pushed on every storefront I can think of for years because I like SF and I’ve only recently moved off storefronts.
