WELL,
WELL, TEN
WELL, TEN YEARS AGO HE TOOK US TO MARS FOR A LESSON IN SURVIVAL AND NOW THE MARTIAN
AUTHOR ANDY WEIR IS BACK WITH A
NEW SPACE ESCAPE AND A VIRTUAL
EVENT SUPPORTING LOCAL
BOOKSTORE MYSTERIOUS GALAXY AND
THE FLEET SCIENCE CENTER. HE
JOINS US THIS MORNING. GOOD
MORNING TO YOU, ANDY. THANKS
FOR BEING HERE. HI. THANKS FOR
HAVING ME. YEAH. TELL US WHAT
INSPIRED YOUR LATEST PROJECT
HAIL MARY? WELL, ACTUALLY IT'S
PARTIALLY IDEAS I HAD FOR A
PREVIOUS BOOK THAT I STARTED
WRITING ABANDONED THAT BOOK
STANK BUT I HAD A COUPLE
OF GOOD NUGGETS OF IDEAS THAT
ULTIMATELY BECAME PROJECT HAIL
MARY AND AND IT REALLY CAME
TOGETHER NICELY ALL THE ONLY
SEASONED AUTHOR CAN ADMIT WHEN
SOMETHING STINKS AND WHEN
SOMETHING IS GOOD, RIGHT? OH,
IT'S IT'S EASY FOR ANY AUTHOR
TO ADMIT THEIR WORD STINKS.
IT'S HARD FOR US TO THINK IT'S
GOOD. YEAH WELL IT HAS BEEN
LATELY THAT'S FOR SURE. SO
LET'S TALK ABOUT IT. THE ONE
CENTRAL IDEA OR WAS IT A NUMBER
OF THINGS THAT LED TO THIS THIS
NEXT A SCI FI THRILLER. HOW DID
IT ALL KIND OF COME TOGETHER?
WELL, MOST OF MY BOOKS START
WITH ME SPECULATING ABOUT
SCIENCE OR SOME FORM
OF TECHNOLOGY AND IN THIS CASE
FOR PROJECT HAIL MARY IT WAS ME
SPECULATING ABOUT THE
THEORETICALLY MOST POSSIBLY
EFFICIENT SPACECRAFT FUEL KIND
OF EVERYTHING EVERYTHING CAME
FROM THAT. INTERESTING. SO WHAT
ARE SOME OF THE SCIENCE
CONCEPTS THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO
WEAVE IN THEIR AND DID YOU HAVE
TO DO A LOT OF RESEARCH IN
ORDER FOR THAT KIND OF ALL TO
MAKE SENSE IN THE NOVEL? OH
YEAH. TONS OF RESEARCH THERE.
THERE'S MASS CONVERSION,
RELATIVISTIC TRAVEL BIOLOGY,
SUBATOMIC PHYSICS, QUANTUM
MECHANICS, SPECIAL RELATIVITY,
YOU NAME IT. IT'S IN THEIR
CHEMISTRY. I JUST I HAD TO DO
TONS AND TONS OF RESEARCH
SOMETIMES I'D SPEND A WEEK
RESEARCHING SOMETHING THAT
ENDED UP BEING ONE SENTENCE IN
THE BOOK. WOW. SO HOW LONG DOES
SOMETHING LIKE THIS BECAUSE ALL
THAT RESEARCH TAKE TO PUT
TOGETHER ABOUT A YEAR TO A YEAR
AND A HALF FOR MY FIRST DRAFT
BUT I REALLY LIKE THE THE
RESEARCH SO THAT PART'S FUN FOR
ME AND I THINK A LOT OF THE
VIEWERS AND READERS LIKE LIKE
THAT PART OF IT AS WELL. SO DID
YOU RUN INTO ANY OF THE BIOLOGY
OR PHYSICS PROBLEMS OR WHAT CAN
PEOPLE EXPECT WHEN THEY'RE WHEN
THEY'RE READING THIS? OH YEAH.
THERE'S THERE'S LOTS OF BIOLOGY
PHYSICS. I MEAN IT MY STYLE
OF WRITING IS REALISTIC SCIENCE
SCIENCE FICTION AND WHICH MEANS
I DO NEED TO EXPLAIN ENOUGH
OF THE SCIENCE FOR THE READER
TO KIND OF KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON
.SO IF YOU LIKE THAT SORT
OF THING, I THINK YOU'LL LIKE
MY BOOK IF YOU LIKE A MARTIAN
FOR INSTANCE. YEAH. WHAT GIVE
US KIND OF A SYNOPSIS OF WHAT
PEOPLE CAN EXPECT AND WHY YOU
THINK THEY SHOULD PICK IT UP.
WELL, IT'S ABOUT A MAN WHO
WAKES UP ABOARD A SPACESHIP.
HE'S GOT COMPLETE AMNESIA. HE
DOESN'T EVEN KNOW HIS NAME AND
AS HIS MEMORIES START COMING
BACK TO HIM, HE COMES TO
REALIZE HE'S ON A LAST DITCH
DESPERATE MISSION TO SAVE ALL
OF HUMANITY FROM AN EXTINCTION
LEVEL EVENT. SO NO PRESSURE.
YEAH, NO PRESSURE ON THAT GUY
TO GET IT RIGHT. JUST, YOU
KNOW, SAVE ALL OF HUMANITY AND
BEYOND. SO YEAH. TELL US A
LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BOOK TOUR.
WHEN DOES START AND WE LOVE THE
SAN DIEGO CONNECTION HERE.
SURE. WELL, I'VE BEEN DOING
EVENTS FOR THE PAST FEW WEEKS
RELATED TO AND THE EVENTS WILL
CONTINUE BUT GOES ON SALE TODAY
AND IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS
I'VE GOT TONIGHT THE FLEET THE
FLEET CENTER EVENT WITH
MYSTERIOUS GALAXY AND YOU THERE
ARE STILL SOME TICKETS
AVAILABLE FOR THAT IF PEOPLE
JUMP ON IT PRETTY QUICKLY, WHAT
CAN THEY EXPECT TO DO AS PART
OF THIS VIRTUAL EVENT THAT'S
GOING TO BE HELD TODAY? ARE YOU
GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE BACK AND
FORTH WITH THEM? I THINK I
THINK THERE IS AUDIENCE Q&A
YES. SO AND THAT'S MY FAVORITE
PART OF ANY EVENT TOO. IT'S
JUST FREEFORM AND I GET TO JUST
TALK STRAIGHT TO PEOPLE I LIKE
THAT PEOPLE GET TO BRING UP
YOUR YOUR OTHER BOOKS AND ASK
QUESTIONS AND GET INSIGHT INTO
THE NEXT ONE. MM HMM. SOUNDS
GOOD. OK SO THAT'S THE EVENT
TONIGHT AND YOU CAN DO WE'RE
GOING TO BE TALKING A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT PROJECT HAIL MARY
ANDY WEIR'S LATEST NOVEL. SO
THANKS FOR YOUR TIME HERE ANDY.
SURE APPRECIATE IT AND HAVE FUN
AT THE