Project Hail Mary
by Andy Weir
Mentioned 2 times across 2 shows · first heard Aug 2025 on All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg.
The general take
David Friedberg really enjoyed the Project Hail Mary book overall, calling it "awesome" and "so good," but he hit a snag partway through when he found himself disappointed by one of the core assumptions that underpins the story. His enthusiasm was genuine enough that he'd been looking forward to it, though that late-story letdown kept it from being a complete win for him.
About
THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MARTIAN. Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a screenplay by Drew Goddard. Project Hail Mary is now playing exclusively in theaters. Winner of the 2022 Audie Awards' Audiobook of the Year Number-One Audible and New York Times Audio Best Seller More than three 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.
Who said what
- DT
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“I've been reading, because I never read it, the Andy Weir Project Hail Mary book. Oh, great. Yeah. It's awesome. So good. I am disappointed. I like Andy Weir. I interviewed Andy Weir. Halfway through, I got disappointed with one of the core assumptions.”
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