Today in Literary and Art History: May 5

Today in Literary and Art History: May 5

May 5 1950 Todd Strasser born https://amzn.to/3b6eRnV
May 5 1963 Michelle Michiko Sagara born https://amzn.to/2SiCfIf

May 5 2000 The Human Stain https://amzn.to/2Rt5mIm
May 5 2009 The Last Olympian released https://amzn.to/3h2CeTa
May 5 2009 Wings released https://amzn.to/3eiJkkL

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Cris Alvarez Full Contact Nerd Interviews

Why Project Hail Mary is awesome and other sci-fi nuggets – Interview with Andy Weir

Andy Weir Project Hail Mary

Why Project Hail Mary is awesome and other sci-fi nuggets – Interview with Andy Weir

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Interview Timeline

Andy Weir spent over two decades as a software engineer before publishing the wildly popular novel The Martian which also came out as a movie starring Matt Damon. He also released Artemis, another successful novel, and has just released a new novel about a galaxy threatening danger. We spoke about the novel, Andy’s previous works, and his approach to science fiction and writing.  Project Hail Mary (Ballantine Books, 2021)

0:53 – Andy talks about where the idea of Project Hail Mary came from.

5:06 – Andy talks about the details of the story.

6:40 – Andy talks about the research he did for the book.

8:07 – Andy talks about the various sciences he studied for this book.

8:51 – Andy talks about other Earth disaster works.

12:35 – Andy talks about space psychology and details of the story.

14:25 – Andy talks about the science and his plots.

16:06 – Andy talks about calculating stuff for the novel.

17:15 – Andy talks about his motivators.

21:35 – Andy talks about technology and dystopia.

24:56 – Andy talks about the four canonical plots.

25:59 – Andy talks about how many Beatles eggs are in the book.

27:30 – Andy talks about humor in his books.

28:36 – Andy talks about his writing process.

32:16 – Andy talks about his favorite board games.

34:09 – Andy talks about how he doesn’t like to fly.

36:10 – Andy talks about conventions.

37:50 – Andy talks about the games he prefers.

39:11 – Andy talks about changes in his writing methods.

42:51 – Andy talks about one of the central components of the novel.

43:12 – Andy talks about the Martian

44:06 – Andy talks about his previous work.

46:21 – Andy talks about how much he writes.

47:35 – Andy talks about what his goals had been for writing the Martian.

48:47 – Andy talks about loving time travel.

51:09 – Andy talks about the Back to the Future DeLoreans.

53:30 – Andy talks about being pigeon-holed in a writing style.

54:48 – Andy talks about the heist works he likes.

56:02 – Andy talks about his writing career.

1:00:12 – Andy is at andyweirauthor.com

Links of interest

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https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/611060/project-hail-mary-by-andy-weir/

https://www.andyweirauthor.com/

Video version of the interview: https://wp.me/p7CDU9-5aL

Contact Information

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Guests: Andy Weir

Host: Cris Alvarez

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Cris Alvarez Full Contact Nerd Interviews