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Textual and scientific analysis of Andy Weir’s Project Hail Mary. Posts by @jtauber.com https://projectamaze.com/

A close up of the Eridian number V̶V̶V̶
LEGO Hail Mary in front of space backdrop with mini figure of Ryland and Rocky.
Network graph of character interactions in Project Hail Mary. Node size represents relative prominence. Grace (gold, largest) dominates the centre, connected to nearly every character. Stratt (pink, second largest) and Rocky (blue, third largest) form a central trio. Surrounding characters include Dimitri, Ilyukhina, Leclerc, DuBois, Yáo, Dr. Lokken, Easton, Bob Redell, Dr. Lamai, Minister Voigt, Ms. Xi, Steve Hatch, Forrester, and others at the periphery. Computer (green, small) connects to Grace and Stratt. Lines between nodes indicate interactions, with the densest connections around the Grace–Stratt–Rocky cluster. Dark background with a fullscreen toggle in the upper right.
screenshot of the CHARACTER MAP, a rich table with a row per character and columns: words, chapters, sections, paragraphs, unique, speech map. Dr Lokken is expanded and shows a range of stats: Words spoken 1,842 Sections 4 of 116 Speech paragraphs 96 Quotes 74 Space / Earth 0 / 4 Avg words / paragraph 19.2 Avg words / quote 24.9 Avg word length 4.49 Chapters 4 of 30 Unique words 668 First appearance Section 32 Type-token ratio 0.363 Last appearance Section 86 Questions 18.8% Exclamations 0.0% Beanbags 3 Top words: astrophage, one, know, neutrinos, yes Unique to Dr. Lokken: neutrino (5), rays (4), cosmic (3), electron (3), photon (3), cabling (2), collision (2), converted (2) …and 110 others Shares sections with: Grace (4), Stratt (3), Leclerc (1), Dimitri (1), Ilyukhina (1), Yáo (1)
a large Eridian λ with the words "CHARACTER MAP" underneath
Screenshot of part of a web page There is an input box where "human" has been entered. Above that box are radio buttons marked "Chapter-Paragraph", "Timeline-Chapter-Paragraph", and "Speaker-Chapter-Paragraph". The third, "Speaker-Chapter-Paragraph", is selected. Below the input box are the results: human 84 Narrator 47 (4.23) Stratt 5 (6.74) Grace 12 (7.45) Lecelrc 1 (10.11) Rocky 18 (32.83) Dr Lamai 1 (31.06) relative frequency shown in parenthees is per 10k tokens
Scatter plot with axes: - Present Tense (%) - Past Tense (%) The legend reads: - Space Narrator - Space Speech - Earth Narrator - Earth Speech with the Space Narrator and Eart Narrator highlighted. The dots corresponding to the Space Narrator are mostly clustered with high present tense and low past tense. The dots corresponding to the Eart Narrator are mostly clustered with high past tense and low present tense. There is no overlap between the clusters although two Earth Narrator dots and one Space Narrator dot are close.
Book cover depicts Ryan Gosling floating upside down in zero g in a space craft. He is wearing a t-shirt and his glasses are floating off his face. Text reads: ANDY WEIR Author of The Martian #1 New Your Times Bestselling Author PROJECT HAIL MARY NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM AMAZON MGM STUDIOS
An inverted bar chart labeled "SECTION MAP" with a toggle to Color by timeline or proportion of speech (with the former highlighted). The bar chart has 30 numbered columns with stacked rectangles of varying lengths in one of two different colors.
A screenshot of a very small portion of a web page. It has the heading #1 and the text, although cut off, can be made out as reading: Project Hail Mary is mad... 6,119 paragraphs, 17,84... A section break is marked by an ex... time or a switch to another timelin... For this count, sentences were seg...
Web page titled Eridian Number System with a form with two inputs labeled Decimal number and Eridian number. Below the Eridian number input is a set of six buttons labeled with the Eridian digits.