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 feel like I’m reading an instruction manual whenever the main character talks about all these “steps” he or she does to get something ready.
But that’s what makes it so great