Artemis: A Novel
Nov 2017 · Sold by Ballantine Books
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The bestselling author of The Martian returns with an irresistible new near-future thriller—a heist story set on the moon.
Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich.
Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity’s first and only lunar colony. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat something better than flavored algae. Rich enough to pay off a debt she’s owed for a long time.
So when a chance at a huge score finally comes her way, Jazz can’t say no. Sure, it requires her to graduate from small-time smuggler to full-on criminal mastermind. And it calls for a particular combination of cunning, technical skills, and large explosions—not to mention sheer brazen swagger. But Jazz has never run into a challenge her intellect can’t handle, and she figures she’s got the ‘swagger’ part down.
The trouble is, engineering the perfect crime is just the start of Jazz’s problems. Because her little heist is about to land her in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself.
Trapped between competing forces, pursued by a killer and the law alike, even Jazz has to admit she’s in way over her head. She’ll have to hatch a truly spectacular scheme to have a chance at staying alive and saving her city.
Jazz is no hero, but she is a very good criminal.
That’ll have to do.
Propelled by its heroine’s wisecracking voice, set in a city that’s at once stunningly imagined and intimately familiar, and brimming over with clever problem-solving and heist-y fun, Artemis is another irresistible brew of science, suspense, and humor from #1 bestselling author Andy Weir.
Jasmine Bashara never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich.
Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity’s first and only lunar colony. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat something better than flavored algae. Rich enough to pay off a debt she’s owed for a long time.
So when a chance at a huge score finally comes her way, Jazz can’t say no. Sure, it requires her to graduate from small-time smuggler to full-on criminal mastermind. And it calls for a particular combination of cunning, technical skills, and large explosions—not to mention sheer brazen swagger. But Jazz has never run into a challenge her intellect can’t handle, and she figures she’s got the ‘swagger’ part down.
The trouble is, engineering the perfect crime is just the start of Jazz’s problems. Because her little heist is about to land her in the middle of a conspiracy for control of Artemis itself.
Trapped between competing forces, pursued by a killer and the law alike, even Jazz has to admit she’s in way over her head. She’ll have to hatch a truly spectacular scheme to have a chance at staying alive and saving her city.
Jazz is no hero, but she is a very good criminal.
That’ll have to do.
Propelled by its heroine’s wisecracking voice, set in a city that’s at once stunningly imagined and intimately familiar, and brimming over with clever problem-solving and heist-y fun, Artemis is another irresistible brew of science, suspense, and humor from #1 bestselling author Andy Weir.
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Oliver Atherton
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September 23, 2018
A far cry from every single thing that made the Martian enjoyable. This reads like a hastily written bargain bin novel and is pumped full of dull exposition to make up for the dull and very predictable plot. Not sure who it's aimed at either. The humor is cringeworthy at times and continuously falls flat while often trying to use widely known jokes as if they are fresh. It's just painful. .
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Michael Gibbs
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November 23, 2017
Truly a "ripping yarn" as they used to say. Artemis is a futuristic science-based tale with all the great lessons and snark of The Martian. The protagonist Jazz is propelled forward in the story in a way that echoes early noir and doesn't let up until the very end. Once you get started, younwont be able to put it down until you reach the finish. With such a richly defined 'verse, hopefully we'll be seeing more tales of Jazz and her exploits on the moon.
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Nathan Allen
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November 17, 2017
ok so The Martian is a better book. so lets talk about what i liked first: the science was still there though this is not a realistic scenario, the setting is great, he delivers information well, and the characters you spend very little time with are very well developed. which is a great segway into what i didn't like my biggest issue if the characters were somewhat visible they kinda just devolved into Mark Watney, super witty one liner sarcasm hope you like it cause half the lines are that. but if you were to quote almost any of them i couldn't tell you who said it. i think that's why The Martian did so well it didn't really have more than one character in the lime light. its a good book but it shows how much of a novice Weir is. it also shows that he has great potential.
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About the author
ANDY WEIR built a career as a software engineer until the runaway success of his debut novel, THE MARTIAN, allowed him to pursue writing fulltime. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects such as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. He lives in California.
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