Andy Weir_40

Nerd thriller. Geek hero. Intellectual swashbuckler. Andy Weir's 'The Martian' spawned some unexpected word combos plus the immortal battle cry: "I'm going to have to science the shit out of this". Who hasn't used that one? In 'Project Hail Mary' junior high science teacher Ryland Grace wakes up alone on a spaceship, with no memory, and has to save the world. Cue the hyper-technical problem-solving monologues which define the Weir Way. I have no idea what Grace is talking about almost all the time, but the science talk has a cadence which carries you along. I love it.