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It's strange to start a list of "books that you may never have heard of" with a novel which is a nominee to the 2020 Hugo Awards. I suppose that most of the reg
by idoubtit 2y ago
It's strange to start a list of "books that you may never have heard of" with a novel which is a nominee to the 2020 Hugo Awards. I suppose that most of the regular readers of sci-fi haver heard of it.
A nitpick about the third recommandation with "robots modeled on Karel Čapek’s designs". I suppose that they have not read Čapek’s novels. His robots were not pure machines, they were made from a biological substrate. In a way, they were closer to golems than to what we're now calling robots.
If you want to read really different and lesser known novels, Karel Čapek’s are a good choice. I did not enjoy "R.O.R." much except for his surprising concept of robots, but I highly recommend "War with the newts".
- themadturk 2y agoYeah, Project Hail Mary was the only one of the three I'd ever heard of. Still, it was a great book (especially since I read it right on the heels of reading Artemis, which was only "okay").
- Supermancho 2y agoI heard there might be a movie adaptation of Project Hail Mary, starring Ryan Gosling.
- bwb 2y agooh wow, that could be cool! I love seeing more sci-fi come to the screen. I really liked The Expanse and wish they had kept that going...
- belter 2y agoNah, that was just news coverage...You Inners really think it was just a show?
- omgmajk 2y agoThis is really a reddit moment but I can't resist, username truly checks out. To add something to the conversation I am reading the expanse right now and I really like it. It's the mix of goofy and dark that gets me.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoIt's hard for me to picture Ryan Gosling in the role of Ryland Grace.
- zem 2y agomaybe he's the alien, then!
- pavel_lishin 2y agoThat I would be on board with.
- cmpalmer52 2y agoIt just completed filming, coming out in 2026.
- lancesells 2y agoI didn't read Project Hail Mary because I read Artemis. Maybe I'll have to check it out. :)
- pavel_lishin 2y agoYou should - it's significantly better.
- tiltowait 2y agoI loved The Martian, actively disliked Artemis, and thought Project Hail Mary was all right. I liked it overall, but it never really clicked for me like The Martian did. Definitely worth a read, though! Most seem to have liked it more than I did.
- beezle 2y agoI just finished Hail Mary this past week. Not as big a fan of it as most seem to be. I found the narrative style to get tedious about half way through the book. A few issues too with events late in the story. 7.5-8/10 by me, above average but not elite.