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    Saving Grace

    Apr 25, 2021 5 minutes

    Ryland Grace is definitely not based on Andy Weir. In Project Hail Mary, Grace – a man who wakes up in a ship in deep space not knowing where he is or even who he is – faces the task of figuring out how to save an Earth that’s heading for oblivion as a result of a faltering sun.

    “He is a little like Mark Watney [who’s left behind on Mars in ], because he’s scientific and humorous, but he’s maybe a little naive, a little goody two shoes at times.” Grace is a problem solver, as is Weir – and Watney – and a smartarse, something the author also owns up to. But Grace is not him, he insists over a Zoom call, with his super-orderly office behind him. “His core beliefs, his world view are his own.” Besides, Weir would

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