![]() ![]() Even though it’s a very different story from The Martian, he makes it just as much fun and really shows his versatility without sacrificing the realism of hard sci-fi. ![]() His story is both compelling and well-researched, with the characters and the science and technology of living on the Moon driving the story in equal parts. In Artemis, Andy Weir is still in top form. After flunking her moonwalking test that she needed to supplement her tight income, she is approached for a much bigger and more lucrative job, and she soon descends into a web of political intrigue with the fate of the entire Moon hanging in the balance. In the late 2080’s, Jasmine “Jazz” Bashara is a porter (and part-time smuggler) in Artemis, the Moon’s one and only city, a short distance south of the Apollo 11 landing site. While The Martian is a one-man tale of survival on Mars, Artemis is a high-stakes caper on the Moon. Artemis is another space-based adventure for the one-time computer programmer, but he takes it in a different direction this time. Andy Weir, author of The Martian, put out his second novel late last year: Artemis. ![]()
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