I’ve found that comedy is a great way to move things along. Your previous novels, The Martian and Artemis, both had moments of situational comedy. But as those resolve, there is an underlying science mystery that has to be solved or everyone on Earth will die. Initially, there are many mysteries, as our protagonist doesn’t even know his own name. Now, it sounds like Project Hail Mary is a sci-fi mystery story. The novel was done and everyone was happy with it.
I didn’t change anything as a result of the disease. Yes, I completed the novel before the pandemic was in full force. But did you go back and change anything in the story because of the Covid-19 lockdown? Given that you announced this novel last year, I assume you largely wrote it before the pandemic kicked in and we were all stuck at home. You get to see problem-solving and resourcefulness. Isolating a scientist and throwing life-threatening problems at him is a good way to have an interesting plot. What is it about having someone be all alone that you find so interesting to write about? Do you have abandonment issues? Do you need a hug? Because it’s illegal for people to hug right now. In your first novel, The Martian, a guy gets stranded alone on Mars. I didn’t even imagine they would go together, but then each one clicked into place and they really worked together well.Īs you said, Project Hail Mary has a guy all alone on a space ship. Several of them came from my abandoned novel Zhek, while others were concepts for future books I had in mind.
Honestly, it was a collection of story ideas that I had for other books. Where did you get the idea for Project Hail Mary, and how, if at all, did that idea evolve as you wrote it? He has total amnesia but over time comes to learn the fate of the world relies on this mission. To begin, what is Project Hail Mary about, and when and where is it set?Īn astronaut wakes up aboard a ship with two dead crewmates. Though as he explains in this email interview, the new guy isn’t entirely alone on that ship. After stranding a guy all alone on Mars in his novel The Martian, Weir has now stranded a different guy on a spaceship in his new novel Project Hail Mary ( hardcover, Kindle, audiobook).
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