Corey is the pseudonym of Albuquerque writers Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, best known for The Expanse: the Hugo Award-winning, nine-volume space opera about humanity’s post-Earth struggles. Weir fans unfamiliar with Anderson’s work should begin with Tau Zero, which follows the crew of a malfunctioning spaceship that exceeds its designated speed once it’s knocked off course. Inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2000, and awarded the Special Prometheus for Lifetime Achievement in 2001, the late Poul Anderson enjoyed a lauded publishing career that spanned more than half a century. Although each successive crew has the same DNA as the original astronauts, differences begin to surface over generations of cloning. The trip will last longer than any of them can hope to live, so they’re given the tools they need to clone themselves over the coming centuries. Here, a talented crew embarks on a one-of-a-kind journey to investigate a distant star.

Lostetter’s Noumenon is as much a philosophical treatise as it is a sci-fi adventure. We would be remiss if we did not also recommend Crouch’s Recursion, about a neuroscientist who creates a memory-saving device to combat the plague of false memories that’s sweeping the nation, and Upgrade, in which a man evolving into the next version of humanity is forced to question whether this transformation is what the world - or even he himself - needs. Is he a brilliant scientist celebrating a logic-defying breakthrough, or a college professor leading an ordinary life with his wife and teenage son? Weir wrote the introduction to Blake Crouch’s 2016 thriller, Dark Matter, which centers on a man caught between two realities.

If you love The Martian, Artemis, and Project Hail Mary, here’s what you should read next: Blake Crouch

Weir is also the author of a self-published web novel, titled Theft of Pride, as well as several works of fanfiction.

Project Hail Mary (2021), centers on an amnesiac astronaut who wakes up in a spaceship’s med bay after he’s sent to Tau Ceti on a mission of critical importance.

Artemis (2017), is the near-future story of a smuggler whose criminal enterprise on a moon colony uncovers a deep web of political intrigue.

The Martian (2014), Weir’s most famous book, is about an astronaut who must terraform a tiny corner of Mars to survive after his crew accidentally leaves him behind.

It quickly becomes clear that Watney won’t go down without a fight, however, leaving NASA with no choice but to find a way to save him. Besides, there’s a good chance he’ll die on Mars before any ship can make it there. Watney’s crew lacks the resources to take on a rescue mission and return to Earth alive.

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