Void.Eric ๐ก๏ธ
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Welcome home Reid, Victor, Christina, and Jeremy! ๐ซถ The Artemis II astronauts have splashed down at 8:07pm ET (0007 UTC April 11), bringing their historic 10-day mission around the Moon to an end.
Project Hail Mary writer Andy Weir on social commentary in books: "I dislike social commentary. Likeโฆ I really hate it. When Iโm reading a book, I just want to be entertained, not preached at by the author. Plus, it ruins the wonder of the story if I know the author has a political or social axe to grind. I no longer speculate about all possible outcomes of the story because I know for a fact that the universe of that book will conspire to ensure that the authorโs political agenda is validated. I hate that." "I put no politics or social commentary into my stories at all. Anyone who thinks they see something like that is reading it in on their own. I have no point to make, and Iโm not trying to affect the readerโs opinion on anything. My sole job is to entertain, and I stick to that." "To that end, I also donโt talk about my personal political opinions publicly. I donโt want readers to even know, honestly. I donโt want that in the back of their minds as they read my stuff." Is this why he has the #1 sci-fi movie in decades?
