Write About Now

Ep. 19 — The Martian Author Andy Weir Aims for the Moon in His New Novel


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Strap on your EVA suits! Andy Weir is on the podcast. The author of the science fiction classic, The Martian, talks to me about his unlikely journey from computer programmer to bestselling novelist. Andy also discusses his new book Artemis, which is set in a city on the moon in the not-so-distant future. We talk about his obsessively detailed and researched world building, his Saudi-born female protagonist, and his reasoning behind why a Frappuccino would taste more like a Crappuccino at Lunar Starbucks.
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