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Books that are like Project Hail Mary (piefed.social)
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Just finished it and love every minute. Any recs for similar books.

No spoilers for others please

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[–] 28 points 7 months ago (8 children)

I liked the Bobbiverse series, starting with We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor. The first 3 books were great. IMO the 4th is ok, and currently listening to the 5th. Fun fact, the narrator for the Project Hail Mary and Bobbiverse series audiobooks is the same - Ray Porter, who fantastic.

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago (4 children)

    Fun books, but I would not say they're at all similar to PHM.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (3 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

    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.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago (1 child)

    Ya, you’re not wrong about any of that. But you seriously think the differences are big enough to say that they are not similar enough to recommend one based on the other? I think PHM reads like a single plot thread pulled from Bobiverse and expanded into an entire book of it’s own, with all the extra depth and space to dig into the sci fi that comes with that.

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