Episode 6: Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
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After a long break, we are back with our next episode! Today we are discussing Andy Weir's "Project Hail Mary", a spiritual sequel to his first novel, "The Martian". This book talks about humanity grappling with a dimming Sun, and follows a single protagonist as he engineers and sciences his way to the solution. Listen along with us as we give you a spoiler-free review in the first part of the episode and then discuss all of the major plot points in part 2. Our next book will be "The Fifth Season" by N.K. Jemisin, which is book 1 of the Broken Earth trilogy. Email us with questions, comments, requests or recommendations at [email protected] Our theme music is The Vendetta by Stefan Kartenberg (c) copyright     2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/JeffSpeed68/58628 Ft: Apoxode
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