Proiectul Hail Mary

ZiFiari normalean bi gauza eskatzen dizkiot, entretenigarria izatea eta bestelako mundu ikuskerak ematea. Liburu honek lehena lortu du baina bigarren alderdian soluzinistegia iruditu zait.

Historia oso entretenigarria egiten da, umore momentu askorekin, eta laguntasun tram politarekin. ZiFi "gogorra" bezala kalifikatu bada ere, parte zientifiko7ingenieritzakoak oso modu erraz eta didaktikoan azalduta daude.

Dilema etiko eta moralak planteatzen baditu ere, hauek bereziki indibidualitatean kokatzen dira, eta eremu kolektiboa gutxi lantzen da. Robinsonismo gehiegi du, hau da dena soluzionatu dezaken gizon txuriaren ikuspegia, beti ere laguntasunean biko kolaborazioan egiten bada ere. Bide bakarraren linea estuak tramari interesa ematen dio, baina soluzionismoa indartuz.

Irakurri, entretenigarria da.

It's one of those books where the author is more interested in explaining some science to you than in characters or plot. Which is fine if that's what you're looking for. But not for me at this time.

Great Science Fiction book and a great story of friendship!

I enjoyed this work quite a bit. The only criticism I have is that at some point in the novel you reach crisis fatigue. Yes, piloting a starship based on technology that's been developed in the past year or so is going to present some issues, but it sometimes feels like it's unrelenting.

Nobela hau irakurri aurretik pentsatzen dudana da: Berriro The Martian nobelaren bertsio bat irakurriko al dut? Ze aspergarria, ezta? Ba premisa antzekoa den arren (espazioan galdutako tipo batek aurrera egin behar du nola edo hala) The Martian bezainbeste gustatu zait, eta ez badidazu sinisten, zuk zeuk irakurri. Ez dizut nobela destripatuko, zertaz doan ez jakitea bere xarmaren parte delako. Gora Rocky.

Best book ever.

Project Hail Mary is a very science focused sci-fi novel, which resonates with the science geek in me. But despite having a lot of science, that never takes over from the real story. The scenario is interesting from a philosophical perspective, and the story is interesting and fun from the beginning to the end. This was the book of the year for me, and I can highly recommend it if you like sci-fi.

What a lovely read this was... I tend to read some pretty heavy sprawling-plot sci-fi, and came at this knowing virtually nothing about it other than having seen The Martian in the cinema. As such, I found the small, contained nature of the story (despite the huge consequences in the background) to be thoroughly refreshing. I was smiling throughout and constantly wanting to read on to find out what happened next. I was up 'til 1am last night because I got close to the end and just had to keep going. Excellent.

Enjoyable little space romp, well worth your time.

Gave up. The amnesia/ suddenly remembering stuff as required really bugged me.

Good:
The plot twist around Ryland's amnesia is great!
"Space amoeba" story done right.
Relationship between Ryland and Rocky is endearing.
Audiobook elevates the whole experience.

Bad:
Protagonist with amnesia trope has been done before.
Rocky has interesting alien physiology & boring human psychology.
* Earthbound story-line and characters seem childish & oversimplified compared to science in space sequences.

Definitely a worth while read. I'm glad he did not get back to Earth. It's better left to the reader what happened after saving Rocky.