A Bit Bookish

Artemis by Andy Weir
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This is an old fashioned heist story, which just happens to be set on the moon. It is an action packed techno thriller and it doesn't disappoint the legion of fans he picked up with his first book, "The Martian." Weir was first hired as a programmer for a national laboratory at age fifteen and has been working as a software engineer ever since. He is also a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects like relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. So with this background, his characteristic blend of engineering/science/math along with a large dollop of humor are in full display here. Jazz Bashara, the female first-person-smart-ass narrator of this tale is a delight--very flawed, but very likable. And it is interesting to me that Weir wrote a female character so well. His description of the lunar colony living under various bubbles named after famous astronauts was intriguing and well thought out. You could tell he did his research. This was a fast easy read and great fun to boot!


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