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Artemis
Andy Weir
Synopsis
Jazz has been living on the moon for quite a while, but is bored of only earning a small wage. She has been topping her wages up with small time crimes, but then is told about a job that will earn her a enormous amount of money.
I really loved Weir’s The Martian, and this was in some ways even more enjoyable. It is written from Jazz’s perspective, and she’s a great character, Weir building someone with real heart, that I rooted for even when she was breaking the law. She is endearing, and funny, making me really hope that she gets out of the hole she has gotten herself into.
The description of the moon, and the civilisation that has been created up there is also vivid. Weir’s sure touch in allowing his readers to use their imagination is balanced with his ability to build believable places for his characters to live in. Although the idea of a city on the moon is currently firmly in the realm of Science Fiction, Artemis felt very real to me personally.
This seems to be Weir’s gift, to create Science Fiction with real heart, thanks to his believable and relatable characters.
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hgolightly1982
I'm a thirty something woman who lives in the north of England. I have been a writer for as long as I can remember, creating stories both written and verbal since childhood. While studying at Edge Hill College, I got several poems published by a small publisher in the USA, and in Europe. I have been part of several writing groups, and done quite a few courses in a attempt to hone my writing skills further. I love reading different genres of fiction, knowing that the best way to develop my own writing, and my vocabulary is by exposing myself to the different ways that other people choose to describe things.
The most recent writing course that I've been part of, run by a published author, included a exercise in which we were challenged to read things that we would never usually even look at.
It inspired me to take up a challenge. Namely to attempt to read at least one book by every author which is stocked in my local library. I soon realised that I was being far too ambitious, especially given the fact that every library rotates their stock too often for me to keep track.
I've decided to instead attempt to read a book every day, starting with a author whose surname begins with A, and ending with a author whose surname begins with Z. It doesn't matter what the topic of the book is, or if it's fiction or non fiction, everything is useful for me at the minute.
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