Programmer-turned-novelist Andy Weir has now cranked out two bestselling sci-fi novels that Hollywood could not resist.

Let's compare and contrast the two versions!

“Project Hail Mary,” the movie adaptation to Andy Weir’s 2021 novel about a science teacher attempting to save the Earth from sun-eating microbes, was released in March 2026 to stellar ratings from ...

Like the lead character of “Project Hail Mary,” some scientists are proposing ways that life might exist beyond a star’s “habitable zone,” often considered the gold standard of potential livability ...

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"Project Hail Mary," starring Ryan Gosling and based on the Andy Weir novel, releases Friday. The film is one of many based ...

Project Hail Mary explained: what Andy Weir’s novel is about, who wrote it, how Rocky fits in, and why the book became a sci-fi bestseller.

Perhaps the reason Project Hail Mary hits the spot in the spring of 2026 is that novelist Andy Weir, who wrote the 2021 novel ...