Reviewing The Martian - & Other Andy Weir Books 📚
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- Опубліковано 4 лис 2023
- Reviewing Andy Weir's most popular 3 book series!
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Thanks for that. I'll have to read Hail Mary now. I loved the Martian, but thought Artemis was so so. I hadn't put my finger on it but you were right about Jaz.
My godness, amazing, amusing and informative video! What a mix!
Thank you so much!!
I DNFed Project Hail Mary about 70% in. Here are my [non-spoilery] thoughts if anyone is curious to read :
This was my first book by the author, previously I had watched the martian but I forgot most the plot. I really hated the writing, and I read that the author was a programmer, and like you could *tell* he was just based on how he wrote.
I enjoyed the science bits in the beginning, but then it got super repetitive like "gotta do [this fancy science thing] which [this fancy science tool] because [some fun science fact]" and it was very in your face, sort how Ready Player One would constantly name-drop video games and facts bloating the story like a "show and tell" for fun facts. Imo a great example of properly threading science [and fiction] with the plot would be the Expanse series.
Also didn't like how the MCs inner monologue was written, like you're supposed to *teach* 3rd graders, not speak and think like one yourself; Percy Jackson is another example of that "third grader" writing.
In terms of sci-fi novels ill give it 3.5 stars because the science did keep me entertained almost to the end, but the cringy writing was too much for me.
Also do take a look at a book titled Concrete Mathematics co-authored by Donald Knuth along with Ronald Graham and Oren Patashnik. I think it will find a place on your bookshelf.
In your new role as an ASE I would highly recommend the multi-volume book set The Art of Computer Programming by Donald Knuth.
Awesome, will look into it!
@@EllieSleightholm There are also videos of Donald Knuth on UA-cam. He is a legend in the field of Computer Science.
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Thanks for the review. I couldn't decide which one to read first. Next on my list Project Hail Mary.
PS: Please do give the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov a try. You're gonna love it. *wink*wink* its about Math.
Artemis was so bad, it turned lions off of Weir. His male characters definitely stick more while his female characters are like goog search results for what a female book character is.