I have descended from my ivory tower and read a fiction book that was written in the 2000s…and I had such a fun time doing it! Andy Weir weaves science into his stories so well, and I loved the relationship between Grace and Rocky. Finally, as far as tropes go, humans and aliens trying to teach each other their respective languages is one of my favorites.
I read the Martian then years later Project Hail Mary and then a few months after Artemis.
Loved the Martian but could not put down PHM. Artemis was certainly a slog for me at points though