Project Hail Mary: A Novel

Deadline-induced quality issues:

No, that’s not creepy at all. Being in a spaceship twelve light-years from home and having someone knock on the door is totally normal.

They say hunger is the greatest seasoning. When you’re starving, your brain rewards you handsomely for finally eating. Good job, it says, we get to not die for a while!

giddy.

bunk.

“Humans are amaze. You leave ship.”

Deadline-induced quality issues: a problem all over the galaxy.

What’s the cube root of eight?” I take a deep breath and speak slowly. “Two times e to the two-i-pi.” “Incorrect. What’s the cube root of eight?” But I wasn’t incorrect. I just wanted to see how smart the computer was. Answer: not very. “Two,” I say. “Correct.”

Now we have that under control and I can do EVAs in zero g like God intended.