Project Hail Mary Movie Boosts Andy Weir's Sci-Fi Reads

0:00On March 24th, the new movie adaptation of Andy Weir's Project Hail Mary hit theaters this week, starring Ryan Gosling as Ryland Grace, a teacher, turned astronaut on a desperate mission to stop sun-dimming microbes from wiping out humanity. He wakes up alone on the ship with Amnesia, piecing together his task while teaming up with the surprising alien buddy. Digital libraries are seeing a huge spike in interest, with checkouts of the book jumping nearly 295% on Libby in the weeks, leading up to the release, compared to last year. Fans of the story's mix of hard science, humor, and space survival are flocking back to similar reads, echoing the buzz around Weir's earlier hit, The, Martian, where a stranded botanist fights to survive on Mars. For more like it, Tri-Martha Wells is all systems red, featuring a sarcastic security android called Murderbot, who just wants to binge-shows, or, Liu. Six sends the three-body problem, about humanity facing an alien invasion after a risky signal

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