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Andy Weir

    16 juni 1972

    Andy Weir maakte de overstap van een carrière als software-ingenieur naar fulltime schrijven na het succes van zijn debuutroman. Als levenslange ruimtevaartenthousiasteling is zijn werk diepgaand geïnformeerd door een passie voor onderwerpen als relativistische fysica en orbitale mechanica. Weir combineert op meesterlijke wijze rigoureuze wetenschappelijke details met meeslepende verhalen, waardoor complexe concepten toegankelijk en spannend worden voor lezers. Zijn verhalen vieren menselijk vernuft en de onophoudelijke zoektocht naar exploratie tegen de uitgestrekte achtergrond van de ruimte.

    Andy Weir
    Sopravvissuto. The Martian
    A Hail Mary. Küldetés
    Cheshire Crossing
    Artemis
    The Martian
    Project Hail Mary
    • Ryland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission - and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. Except that right now, he doesn't know that. He can't even remember his own name, let alone the nature of his assignment or how to complete it. All he knows is that he's been asleep for a very, very long time. And he's just been awakened to find himself millions of miles from home, with nothing but two corpses for company. His crew mates dead, his memories fuzzily returning, he realises that an impossible task now confronts him. Alone on this tiny ship that's been cobbled together by every government and space agency on the planet and hurled into the depths of space, it's up to him to conquer an extinction-level threat to our species. And thanks to an unexpected ally, he just might have a chance. Part scientific mystery, part dazzling interstellar journey, Project Hail Mary is a tale of discovery, speculation, and survival to rival The Martian - while taking us to places it never dreamed of going

      Project Hail Mary
      4,5
    • The Martian

      • 369bladzijden
      • 13 uur lezen

      Stranded on Mars by a duststorm that compromised his space suit and forced his crew to leave him behind, astronaut Mark Watney struggles to survive in spite of minimal supplies and environmental challenges that test his ingenuity

      The Martian
      4,4
    • Artemis

      • 305bladzijden
      • 11 uur lezen

      Welcome to Artemis. The first city on the moon. Population 2,000. Mostly tourists. Some criminals. Jazz Bashara is one of the criminals. She lives in a poor area of Artemis and subsidises her work as a porter with smuggling contraband onto the moon. But it's not enough. So when she's offered the chance to make a lot of money she jumps at it. But though planning a crime in //6th gravity may be more fun, it's a lot more dangerous ... -- back cover.

      Artemis
      3,7
    • Cheshire Crossing

      • 128bladzijden
      • 5 uur lezen

      The three meet here, at Cheshire Crossing—a boarding school where girls like them learn how to cope with their supernatural experiences and harness their magical world-crossing powers. But the trio—now teenagers, who’ve had their fill of meddling authority figures—aren’t content to sit still in a classroom. Soon they’re dashing from one universe to the next, leaving havoc in their wake—and, inadvertently, bringing the Wicked Witch and Hook together in a deadly supervillain love match. To stop them, the girls will have to draw on all of their powers . . . and marshal a team of unlikely allies from across the magical multiverse. Written by the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Martian, Andy Weir, and illustrated by beloved Sarah’s Scribbles creator, Sarah Andersen, Cheshire Crossing is a funny, breakneck, boundlessly inventive journey through classic worlds as you’ve never seen them before.

      Cheshire Crossing
      3,6