Thanks for the suggestions. I read the first book in the Children of Time series and really enjoyed it. I don't think the next two books had been released yet w

Thanks for the suggestions. I read the first book in the Children of Time series and really enjoyed it. I don't think the next two books had been released yet when I read it, so I definitely will go and follow up on those. I will give the Hyperion quadrilogy a look, too. I agree with your take that Andy Weir's writing can feel a bit lacking - at least in the Martian. But I was willing to give him a bit of a pass based on how the story was originally self-published in serial form. My hope is that Project Hail Mary will be a bit more refined - but even if it reads just like the Martian, I am definitely interested to give it a read.