Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir

We had a pretty good turnout for our first book of the month vote. To be honest I did not anticipate the problem of there being a tie. I took the liberty of flipping a coin which came out heads for Project Hail Mary. In the future I might have to come up with a better method of tie breaking. I’m figuring this out as I go and it is all just for the fun of it anyway so please don’t take this too seriously.

I intend to read this book over the month of September and then near the end of the month I will create a discussion thread for it where people can discuss it without worrying about spoilers. Follow along if you want to.

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  1. Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir - 20 votes
  2. Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky - 20 votes
  3. Neuromancer - William Gibson - 17 votes
  4. Hyperion - Dan Simmons - 13 votes
  5. Leviathan Wakes - James S. A. Corey - 13 votes
  6. A Memory Called Empire - Arkady Martine - 11 votes
  7. Wool (Silo Series Book 1) - Hugh Howey - 10 votes
  8. Red Rising - Pierce Brown - 4 votes
  9. 22/11/63 - Stephen King - 1 vote

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  • Bumblefumble@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I only read the book, so I’m very interested: How does the audio book deal with the main foreign language?

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      1 year ago

      It’s so good. It’s mostly just little happy musical chords that are inserted into the dialog. The tones give Rocky a great depth of character.

    • jballs@sh.itjust.works
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      Major spoilers for anyone that hasn’t read the book. >!It does it all with what sounds like a synthesizer. It really, really brings the character to life. You get used to short notes for quick things he says, but then the longer expressions are amazing.!< If you loved the book and haven’t heard the audio book, I highly recommend giving it a shot.