Artemis
by Andy Weir · first published 2017
40% recommend54% neutral6% critical
Why HN recommends it
Fun lunar-colony heist story with solid scientific detail about living on the moon, including how the city makes oxygen and works economically. Suits readers who liked The Martian; the audiobook is also praised.
Common criticism: Some find it weaker than The Martian, with characters that blur together
Summarised by Claude from recommending comments
JASMINE BASHARA never signed up to be a hero. She just wanted to get rich. Not crazy, eccentric-billionaire rich, like many of the visitors to her hometown of Artemis, humanity's first and only lunar colony. Just rich enough to move out of her coffin-sized apartment and eat something better than flavored algae. Rich enough to pay off a debt she's owed for a long time. So when a chance at a huge score finally comes her way, Jazz can't say no. Sure, it requires her to graduate from small-time smuggler to full-on criminal mastermind. And it calls for a particular combination of cunning,
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…fiction book I've ever read. Well worth reading even if you've seen the movie, since that leaves out about half the things that go wrong and the large majority of the technical details. Andy Weir - Artemis. Weir managed to figure out a way for a city on the moon to make economic sense, while physics makes it almost impossible. Neal Stephenson - Seveneves. First sentence: "The moon blew up without warning…
on “Ask HN: What things do you wish you discovered earlier?” ↗…Hail Mary by Andy Weir. I don’t want to spoil too much, but this is a must-read for engineer-brain nerds like me that yearn to understand complex systems recreationally. Enough said. Mandatory. I read Artemis by Andy Weir afterwards and enjoyed it too, but Hail Mary is my fave. #3: The Final Architecture series by Adrian Tchaikovsky. After obsessively finishing the Children of Time series there was a huge…
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2022 and recommend for 2023” ↗Slight tangent but related: Andy Weir's new book Artemis has some good scientific details about living on the moon. Some future cost estimates on getting there: https://www.marketplace.org/2017/11/27/world/blog-what-econo...
on “If We Can Put a Man on the Moon, Why Can’t We Put a Man on the Moon?” ↗I enjoyed Artemis by Andy Weir. If you liked The Martian, you will probably like Artemis. Hugh Howey's Wool series was a lot of fun to read. I also have enjoyed all of Daniel Suarez' books, especially Daemon.
on “Frivolous, Empty, and Perfectly Delightful” ↗Artemis by Andy Weir (the author of The Martian) its pretty good to relax before sleep
on “Ask HN: 2018 Summer Reading List?” ↗SPOILER ALERT: Sounds like the plot of the sci-fi book Artemis by Andy Weir. Great Book and there's also a kick ass Audible version read by Rosario Dawson
on “Optical fibre made in orbit should be better than the terrestrial sort” ↗Great article. "Artemis" by Andy Weir revolves around a moon base that makes its own oxygen this way. Fun read.
on “Moon’s top layer has enough oxygen to sustain 8B people for 100k years” ↗Andy Weir (author of The Martian) wrote a fun little sci-fi novel titled Artemis, which depicts almost exactly that -- the first lunar colony (largely) dependent on a single company. Great book with a fun heist plot.
on “Jeff Bezos and Blue Origin go all in on moon settlements” ↗…far the best SciFi book of all time. Hard SciFi, in the style of Arthur C Clarke, but packed with 10 times the “sci” of the Odyssey or Rama. If you already read this, go for Andy Weir’s second novel, Artemis. Not the level of The Martian, but still better than 99.9975% of all the SciFi books out there.
on “Ask HN: Recommend one book I need to read this summer?” ↗The concept reminds me of the great book by Andy Weir, Artemis. (He of; The Martian, fame.) Audiobook is very good too.
on “Private companies will launch a new fleet of moon landers” ↗…books ive read recently and havent sorted into the library. Factfullness by Hans rosling: The world is awesome, stop focusing on some tiny negatives that are being mispresented by the media. Martian, Artemis, and Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir: Contemporary top scifi author Starship Troopers by Robert A Heinlein: The movie was awesome, until you read the book and see the movie as an abomination. Pheonix…
on “Ask HN: What are some must read books?” ↗…Stross, "The Laundry Files" series and the "Merchant Princes"/"Deep State" series. 2) Craig Alanson's "Expeditionary Force" series. Start with book 1, "Columbus Day". 3) Andy Weir, "The Martian" and "Artemis".
on “Ask HN: Recent sci-fi recommendations” ↗…last year and pretty much stuck to it throughout 2018. If you're looking for additional science fiction suggestions: 1. American War by Omar El Akkad 2. Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel 3. Artemis by Andy Weir 4. Daemon by Daniel Suarez 5. Old Man's War by John Scalzi 6. Dark Matter by Blake Crouch 7. Red Rising series by Pierce Brown
on “Ask HN: Books you read in 2018?” ↗This is pretty much the plot of Artemis by Andy Weir. Second best hard sci-fi novel in my opinion. The best being The Martian by Andy Weir. Arthur C. Clarke takes the next few spots.
on “UK firm to turn moon rock into oxygen and building materials” ↗Andy Weir: Artemis, I think. I liked it too. If it is not that one, hope someone gets it right, because I would read it again.
on “Should Neil Armstrong’s Bootprints Be on the Moon Forever?” ↗