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Books that are like Project Hail Mary (piefed.social)
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Just finished it and love every minute. Any recs for similar books.

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[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

It's decent, but I liked it least out of Wier's books. He seems to only have 1 archetype for his main character. It works really well in the Martian, and project hail Mary, where the main character is a highly competent male. It's a bit jarring when applied to a teenage girl however.