We do not have the technology to fly to Tao Ceti or even Venus but Weir makes it seem possible and plausible yet you are quibbling about a detail missed in the story or worried that people will like a movie made from it? Really people? The book is science fiction. And the other found fault in the fact that Weir, who clearly understands complicated science and physics facts, didn't have a checklist in the spaceship. One said that it was clearly just written for Hollywood. So call me surprised when I hopped over to read a few professional reviews and found that the reviewers for the NYT and for the Washington Post didn't particularly like the book. Out of over 18,000 ratings on Goodreads it has a 4.55 star average. One more thing, obviously I love the book and I felt sure everyone else would agree with me. If you are female and you wish you could talk about books with your dad or brothers or other men in your life, I recommend you get them a copy of Project Hail Mary. We were having a family reunion and one of the big topics of conversation was this book. Another nephew perked up his ears and decided he'd better get a copy. He wanted to know where we were in the story and he laughed and chuckled as we talked about it. When I told my brother that we were listening to this Andy Weir book he said he'd read it a few months ago. I talk to everyone about books and until now I never had a book in common with my brother, since 1001 Arabian Nights which we both loved when we were preteens. You may not think it is weird to not talk to family members about books but it is for me.

Secondly, Project Hail Mary is the first book I've talked to my brother about in about 50 years. The narrator, Ray Porter, who I think sounds like Tom Hanks, did a great job and so did the production company since they had to come up with a way to make sounds when the alien entered the scene and began talking. The second near-perfect-audiobook-for-a-car-trip from this summer is Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir. The first was a series of essays by John Green, The Anthropocene Reviewed.

Then all in one summer, I've listened to two near-perfect audiobooks with my husband during long car trips. First I found the near-perfect book for book club discussions in Molokai by Alan Brennert. Review: 2021 has been an amazing reading year for me.

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