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Books that are like Project Hail Mary
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How are they that different? Both involve an anti-social, witty, nerdy guy put in scenarios that demand he come up with an innovative solution that’s usually science or engineering based. And they’re in space. I just finished Project Hail Mary again last week and was consistently thinking about how it reminded me of Bobiverse in tone and character, and not just because of Ray Porter.
Bobiverse is way more superficial - way more fluff - than PHM. PHM is much more hard SF (much more scientifically accurate and fleshed out). While there's humor in both, the Bobiverse books have an emphasis on the silly fun, with a little depth underneath, and PHM is a deep, serious story with a main character who happens to be funny.