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Podcast: Books Connect Us
Episode: Andy Weir, author of THE MARTIAN and PROJECT HAIL MARY
Description: Andy Weir is the author of the best-selling novels ARTEMIS and THE MARTIAN, upon which the blockbuster Matt Damon film was based. In his latest novel PROJECT HAIL MARY, the protagonist 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 can’t even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. Now let's join our own Abbe Wright in conversation with Andy Weir.