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    199 hours ago

    may never have heard of

    Project Hail Mary

    What planet have you been living on for the last few years?

    • @systemglitch
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      48 hours ago

      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.

  • 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.

    • @kat_angstrom
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      39 hours ago

      Oh man, Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn is SO good. Been decades since I read those, I wonder how well they’ve held up

    • @systemglitch
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      18 hours ago

      I read it. I enjoyed it. I can’t remember a single thing about the book without a an obvious reminder

    • @Zirconium
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      18 hours ago

      Thoughts on children of Time? I first heart of project hail Mary after I finished children of time