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Andy Weir

出生: June 16, 1972 – Davis, California, United States

Andy Weir is an American science-fiction novelist whose work centers on hard science, space exploration, and problem-solving under extreme conditions. He is best known for The Martian, later adapted into an Oscar-nominated film, and for Artemis and Project Hail Mary, novels that helped make him one of the most widely read contemporary SF writers.

传记与作者历程

Andy Weir grew up in California in a household shaped by science, read classic science fiction early, studied computer science and engineering at UC San Diego, and then spent roughly two decades working as a software engineer before fiction became his full-time career. That background gave his writing its defining structure. He tends to build stories the way an engineer builds systems: start with constraints, honor the physics, and let character emerge through problem-solving. Even after literary success, his public persona has remained closely tied to scientific curiosity rather than literary mythmaking. ((https://www.lightspeedmagazine.com/nonfiction/interview-andy-weir/))

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名言

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I’m a nerd
-How science made me a writer
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Science creates plot!
-How science made me a writer
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There’s nothing better than knowing you’re going to outwit the reader
-How science made me a writer
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The most important thing in any book, especially a book that has one single, central character, is the reader has to identify with and care about and root for that character
-An Interview with Andy Weir
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I think that we are an awesome and amazing people as a species, and we accomplish incredible things
-An Interview with Andy Weir
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I wanted to write a story about the first human settlement off of Earth
-Colonizing the Moon
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Mostly it's just me and Google
-Andy Weir is back with Artemis
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For each of them to independently develop life, it just seemed to strain credibility
-Project Hail Mary Is The Martian, Again
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I suspect the first manned exploration will actually be sophisticated robots on the surface and humans in orbit
-How to Get to Mars ... And Maybe Even Live There
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The moon is made of moon bases with some assembly required
-Science Friday: How Andy Weir Engineered A Lunar City In Artemis

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"Andy Weir isn't just living a publishing dream. He may have also saved the space program in the process"

The Washington Post

"Author Andy Weir launched himself to massive success with a Mars survival tale"

Inverse

"Andy Weir is Mark Watney"

Ars Technica

"The Martian's Andy Weir Is All Buddy-Buddy With NASA"

WIRED

"Andy Weir, an avid science fiction fan and a space enthusiast, has always had a flair for research"

Observer

"The Martian' author Andy Weir aims for the stars with new sci-fi thriller 'Project Hail Mary"

Space.com

"Andy Weir's 'The Martian' was a huge hit. And now he's hoping he's not a one-hit wonder"

Los Angeles Times

"If there is a poet laureate of the 'you can just do things' crowd, it's novelist Andy Weir"

Reason

"The Martian' author Andy Weir: Private space travel is 'critical"

Engadget

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