Project Hail Mary

De: Andy Weir

Narrado por: Ray Porter

THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MARTIAN • Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a screenplay by Drew Goddard

Winner of the 2022 Audie Awards' Audiobook of the Year

Number-One Audible and New York Times Audio Best Seller

More than one million audiobooks sold

A lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this incredible new science-based thriller from the number-one New York Times best-selling author of The Martian.

Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the Earth itself will perish.

Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it.

All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company.

His crewmates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realizes that an impossible task now confronts him. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species.

And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance.

Part scientific mystery, part dazzling interstellar journey, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian - while taking us to places it never dreamed of going.

PLEASE NOTE: To accommodate this audio edition, some changes to the original text have been made with the approval of author Andy Weir.

©2021 Andy Weir (P)2021 Audible Studios

As suspected: the very best it could be.

The set up of story and character is AMAZING. Ray Porter abd his performance is beyond expectation. Love this to another solar system and beyond.

Absolutely Epic!!!

This has to be one of my all-time most favorite science-fiction adventures. I was absolutely blown away by this audiobook. It’s so well written and has every element of a great story. You’ll find yourself laughing one minute and getting tearful the next. What a great thriller with some of the most intelligent writing I’ve ever had the privilege of experiencing. This is ins’t Star Wars but fits in the same category as interstellar, the Martian, 2001 space Odyssey etc. do yourself a favor and give it a go you’ll be happy you did.

wow. like the martian and bobiverse had a baby

weir just has a way of making the far fetched seem real. even the slow or sciencey parts are engaging. once I started listening I didn't want to stop.

Inventive

Although I was sometime confused about what I was listening to (the same narrator does the Bobiverse books) this is a worthy follow on to the Martian. As a woman I sometimes wish there were female protagonists but I am guessing that this is not in Andy Weir’s comfort zone as a writer. Pratt is the only female who plays a moderate role (told in flashback) and she feels like more of a lot device. Anyway, if you love science you will love this book- so glad he has adequately controlled his experiments and love that he includes how you can succeed and yet still be surprised by the results of your experiment. Was a little surprised that they never went to the point of sequencing the amoeba genome but given the doubling time their ok’d fashioned way of natural selection was plausible to the story and probably took less time than splicing in a gene for nitrogen tolerance. Anyway - looking forward to more books from Andy Weir!

AMAZE AMAZE AMAZE

I am a really big fan of The Martian, so I had high hopes for PHM. I was not disappointed - this made my list of favorite books ever. I thought it was a great combination of nerdy, scientific, fantastical, and human.

A captivating, and excellent, auditory experience.

This is a uniquely Andy Weir-ian twist on the world-ending, space drama trope. I couldn't have been more excited to listen to this auditory experience. I hope more audiobook produces come to use this media-scape as not just an auditorial rehash of the text but as an audio experience that aids the telling of the story as Project Hail Mary has.

love love love

Andy weir is one of my favorite authors and this book did not disappoint! love the characters and their interactions! fantastic performance by the narrator!!

why haven't you read this yet, question?

this narrator is AMAZING!!
I struggled reading the physical book, and really took a chance on the audiobook. So happy I did, this is one of the best stories I've read in a while!!

Amaze! Amaze! Amaze!

BEST BOOK OF THE SUMMER!! Astro nerds unite!! I loved, loved, loved this story. I can only hope it's made into a feature film. It made me laugh, cry and do math. AWESOME!

One of my favorite audiobooks ever! (Out of 273)

Andy Weir has such a talent for first person narration and manages to keep the readers’ attention even when long stretches of the story are internal monologues. He expertly weaves present tense with strategically placed flashbacks to tell a coherent tale that keeps the listener engaged the entire time.

I’m not a sci-fi reader in the main, but I just love Andy Weir’s work and think his realism appeals to a wide audience. While the science would go over the heads of most readers, including mine, it remains wholly accessible. This is family friendly content, though probably would only keep the interest of about 12+, maybe a bit younger if your child is precocious or very interested in this genre.

Ray Porter is the perfect performer for this book. He threads the needle between reading and performing just right. Some readers don’t give enough emotion or prosody, while others give too much, taking the listener out of the narrative. Porter gets the balance just right, giving appropriate accents when required, fully breathing life into each character.