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Books that are like Project Hail Mary (piefed.social)
submitted 1 month ago by xcel@piefed.social to c/books@lemmy.world
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Just finished it and love every minute. Any recs for similar books.

No spoilers for others please

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[–] AnchoriteMagus@lemmy.world 25 points 1 month ago (7 children)

Obviously both Weir's other books, The Martian and Artemis.

Also recommend the Silo book series by Hugh Howey. Not nearly as hopeful or optimistic, but there's a similar very strong vein of problem solving / human ingenuity just like in Andy Weir's work.

[–] xcel@piefed.social 3 points 1 month ago (6 children)

I had heard of the Martian but not Artemis, what is it like?

[–] Yaky@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Artemis is set in a colony on the Moon. Cool science and economy about running the colony, but writing was meh (if I have to read "head full of steam" for the third time...) and MC swears a lot in a juvenile and cringe way.

[–] xcel@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Did you like Hail Mary

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