Everyday Carry

Project Hail Mary

The most fun I can point anyone at, and an audiobook that does something print physically cannot.

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Mike ManningBy Mike Manning
Marine veteran, gym owner, dad
Recon Report: full review pendingPhotos: Andy WeirUpdated 2026-10-04
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Product Information, Not A Review

Specs, pricing and buying notes taken from the manufacturer so you can compare this against whatever else you are looking at. I have not had this one in my hands. When it goes through real use it gets rewritten as a full review, with a rating and my own photos.

Project Hail Mary

Quick Specs

CategoryEveryday Carry
BrandAmazon
ReviewedOct 4, 2026
AuthorAndy Weir
CategoryScience fiction
FormatsAudible and print

What Stands Out

  • The audiobook uses sound design for a central element that print can only describe
  • Problem-solving sci-fi where the problems are real and the solutions are earned
  • Funny, and the emotional turn in the back half lands hard
  • No prior sci-fi needed

What To Check

  • Heavy on worked science; if that bores you, it is most of the book
  • The protagonist's voice is very Andy Weir, same as The Martian
  • Going in knowing anything spoils it, which makes it hard to recommend properly

What it is

The most fun I can point anyone at, and an audiobook that does something print physically cannot.

Audiobook or print

Both links are below, and for some books on this shelf that choice genuinely matters. Narrative and memoir usually win on audio. Anything you will want to flip back through — frameworks, diagrams, protocols — is better in print, and I say so on the pages where that applies rather than pretending every book works both ways.

Who should skip it

The cons above are the honest version. If two or more of them describe you, this is not your book, and there are forty-four others on this shelf.

The Short Version

Take this one on audio. There is an element the narration does that print simply cannot.

Mike Manning

MIKE MANNING

Founder, Every Dad Carry

Dad | Coach | Marine Corps Veteran

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