Artemis

Science fiction

Print length: 418 pages2017

Description

In the late 2080s, Artemis is humanity’s first and only lunar city, a cramped settlement whose comforts depend on fragile technology and a tightly managed economy. Jasmine “Jazz” Bashara earns her living as a porter while supplementing her income through smuggling, frustrated by debts and ambitions larger than her station. When a wealthy client offers a life-changing payment to sabotage mining equipment, Jazz accepts a job aimed at the aluminum operation that supplies Artemis with oxygen. Her carefully planned crime instead draws her into a struggle involving corporate control, organized crime, and the city’s future. The novel combines a lunar heist with hard-science problem-solving, following a brilliant but reckless protagonist through an environment where one damaged system can endanger everyone.

Reading profile

About this profile

Collected’s assessment, not reader ratings. Complexity runs from 1 (least demanding) to 5 (most demanding).

Writing: How much attention the sentences and language require.
Ideas: How much interpretation or abstract reasoning the book asks of you.
Structure: How much you need to keep track of speakers, timelines and connections.
Background knowledge: Prior knowledge needed to follow the book, beyond what it explains.
Emotional intensity: Emotional pressure, from gentle (1) to intense (5). Separate from difficulty.

Writing style

Conversational · Direct · Technical · Witty

Pace

Brisk

Tone

Humorous · Irreverent · Suspenseful · Tense

Structure

Linear

Focus

Mystery · Plot · World

Emotional intensity

3 / 5

Reading complexity

1–5 · higher means more demanding

Writing: 2 / 5
Ideas: 3 / 5
Structure: 2 / 5
Background knowledge: 2 / 5

Themes

AmbitionClassCommunityCrime and punishmentSurvivalTechnology and society

About Andy Weir

Andy Weir is an American novelist who began writing science fiction in his twenties and published his work online for years before reaching a wide audience. From 2001 to 2008, he also wrote the webcomic Casey and Andy, centered on fictionalized mad-scientist versions of himself and his friends. His first published novel, The Martian, grew from extensive research into orbital mechanics, Mars, human spaceflight, and botany and was adapted into a 2015 film. That combination of technical detail, direct prose, and dry humor remains central to his fiction. His characters confront danger through calculation, experiment, and improvised engineering, whether one astronaut is stranded on Mars or two scientists from different worlds must learn to communicate in Project Hail Mary. The compact dialogue of The Egg shows that his interest in scientific and metaphysical ideas also extends beyond adventure novels.

Books by Andy Weir

Book details

For the print edition listed above.

Language: English
ISBN: 9780525532101

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