Andy Weir

Rocky.

Probably, yeah.

But I think that...

Drew's like that Whedonesque patter which he doesn't fall into sort of like Rob and I talked about this a little bit on the Prestige Pod when we were talking about the Buffy reboot and it's just sort of like there are some people who have like tried to imitate the Whedon patter and it just sort of feels like an empty echo of something and then there's just like Drew who is sort of like

born from it you know and so it just like it works really well that kind of energy that kind of back and forth he never loses the comedy but he also never loses the emotionality like emotion is so important to him in what he does and he talks he's talked about it when he talks about Project Hail Mary they're like again if the science is confusing but the emotion is clear then people we won't lose people and um

There's that Joss quote we read on one of our Buffy rewatch podcasts where he's like, make them cry, but then by God, make them laugh.

Like, that's the ethos, right?

So, like, don't be afraid to be sentimental, sappy, all this sort of stuff like that.

But then, like, hit them with a joke.

Yeah.

And that sort of back and forth.

is my favorite speed to meet a story in.

But, like, the hug happens, but then it's like, and then inside of that moment, Rocky's like, how long do we do this?

It's fantastic.

This other thing, like, Drew...

I don't think we can overstate what Drew has accomplished here because the book is fantastic.

There's incredible bones to this story.

But it is what he has described as like a screenwriter's nightmare, right?

Because it's like you've got a character alone for a long time.

That's really hard to write.