{"title":"Sci Fi","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"project-hail-mary-paperback","title":"Project Hail Mary - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndy Weir\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER - Now a major motion picture starring Ryan Gosling, directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller, with a screenplay by Drew Goddard\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lone astronaut must save the earth from disaster in this \"propulsive\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e), cinematic thriller full of suspense, humor, and fascinating science--from the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Martian\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHUGO AWARD FINALIST - \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e READER PICK: 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY - ONE OF THE YEAR'S BEST BOOKS: \u003ci\u003eParade, Newsweek, \u003c\/i\u003eNew York Public Library, \u003ci\u003ePolygon, Shelf Awareness, She Reads, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRyland Grace is the sole survivor on a desperate, last-chance mission--and if he fails, humanity and the earth itself will perish. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcept that right now, he doesn't know that. 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Steven Soderbergh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e When psychologist Kris Kelvin arrives at the planet Solaris to study the ocean that covers its surface, he finds himself confronting a painful memory embodied in the physical likeness of a past lover. Kelvin learns that he is not alone in this and that other crews examining the planet are plagued with their own repressed and newly real memories. Could it be, as Solaris scientists speculate, that the ocean may be a massive neural center creating these memories, for a reason no one can identify?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Long considered a classic, \u003ci\u003eSolaris\u003c\/i\u003e asks the question: Can we understand the universe around us without first understanding what lies within?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e A novel that makes you reevaluate the nature of intelligence itself. 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