Gawdzilla Sama
TImeToSweepTheLeg
From the folks that brought you "The Martian", PROJECT HAIL MARY.
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Project Hail Mary
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Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
Looks very interesting. Hope the plot does not become predictable though.
shemp
a flimsy character...perfidious and despised
It might if you read the book.
Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
The what?
arthwollipot
Limerick Purist Pronouns: He/Him
One of the interesting things about the book is that the backstory is told in a series of flashbacks, revealed gradually over the course of the story. We start with the protagonist waking up and not remembering anything, and the circumstances that led to his being where he is are recalled, bit by bit.
That's the first half of the story. The second half of the story is what he does when he gets there.
It'll be interesting to see how the movie handles this particular piece of stylistic framing.
That's the first half of the story. The second half of the story is what he does when he gets there.
It'll be interesting to see how the movie handles this particular piece of stylistic framing.
Gawdzilla Sama
TImeToSweepTheLeg
Hope along with you. Loved the book.
Trebuchet
Penultimate Amazing
I think I'll get the book, then watch the movie when it's on Prime!
Gawdzilla Sama
TImeToSweepTheLeg
I dove on the book when it was released.
JayUtah
Penultimate Amazing
The book is by Andy Weir (The Martian), and does not disappoint. If audiobooks are your thing, Project Hail Mary is narrated by Ray Porter, one of the masters of the art.
shemp
a flimsy character...perfidious and despised
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Pixel42
Schrödinger's cat
Those things we discuss in the Literature forum.
Come to think of it if this thread is about the film, not the book, why is it in the literature forum?
And yes, the book is great. Fingers crossed the film will be likewise.
Norman Alexander
Penultimate Amazing
Yes, I was.
I look forward to it!
Gawdzilla Sama
TImeToSweepTheLeg
I was definitely excited about the movie. The book, while a gift from the sci fi gods, was slow in a few places.
I didn't. It moved a bit slowly, and had too much of a deus ex machina 'ending'. I think a film may be better than the book as it will have to have a faster pace. It also felt a bit like a mash up of two stories, a first contact novel and a saving the world from a cataclysm novel.
Gawdzilla Sama
TImeToSweepTheLeg
Won't argue the "slow" bit. But then I'm not in a race. I have thirteen Amber books to read.
angrysoba
Philosophile
I loved the book as well. I thought it did a great job of deliberately unfolding the story very slowly. To me it didn’t drag, but rather made me intrigued. The latter half will be difficult to film and could make or break the film, imho. Anyone who hasn’t read the book would definitely be worth going in with no knowledge of the story at all.
Not to divert the thread, but I am really looking forward to seeing Necromancer on TV. One of my favourite books, I hope they use "The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel" in the intro in some way. I really wanted to be Sally Shears; there are relatively few strong female sociopathic characters in SF novels a teen girl can identify with.
arthwollipot
Limerick Purist Pronouns: He/Him
Neuromancer.
Gawdzilla Sama
TImeToSweepTheLeg
And his cousin, Neurodepantser.
Spellcheck I suspect! Or a corporate AI?