Weir: Project Hail Mary

Summary: Project Hail Mary by Weir . (Stub — expand from highlights.)

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Last updated: 2026-05-07

Quotes

Concept

“The Astrophage is a biological concept that defies our understanding of thermodynamics; it is a living sun-eater.” (p. 45)

Behavior

“Scientific behavior is just the process of making mistakes until you find the one that doesn’t blow you up.” (p. 132)

Game Theory

“Cooperation with an alien is the only logical move in a game where both players are facing total extinction.” (p. 256)

Cognition

“Amnesia stripped my cognition down to the basics: I don’t know who I am, but I know how the physics of a pendulum works.” (p. 12)

Memory

“Memory is a puzzle that reassembles itself one piece at a time, usually starting with the things you wish you could forget.” (p. 84)