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neolefty on May 14, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Programming and Writing

Cool! Some of my favorite sci-fi writers are programmers or former programmers — Andy Weir, Charlie Stross, Dennis Taylor.

Although that may have more to do with me (as a programmer) than with any relationship between fiction and software.

criddell on May 14, 2021 [–]

Have you read Weir's Project Hail Mary yet? If so, did you like it as much as The Martian?

newsbinator on May 16, 2021 | [–]

I liked Project Hail Mary more than The Martian, possibly because it's quite a bit more imaginative, and because the main character isn't a perfect person, so it's easier to relate.

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