Artemis
- 322
- Pages
- about 6 h
- Reading time
- NYT bestseller · 6 weeks on the list, peaked at #6
- Dragon Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
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Editor’s note Andy Weir’s second novel, published in 2017, swaps survival in space for a heist on the Moon: Jazz Bashara, a porter and small-time smuggler in the lunar city of Artemis, takes a job that goes badly wrong. Weir worked out the city’s economics and engineering in detail, as he had the science in The Martian. The audiobook is read by Rosario Dawson.
About the book
Artemis is a 2017 science fiction novel by American writer Andy Weir. It takes place in the late 2080s in Artemis, the first and only city on the Moon. It follows the life of porter and smuggler Jasmine "Jazz" Bashara as she gets caught up in a conspiracy for control of the city. The book received mixed reviews from critics.
Where the score comes from
The sources average 7.3 across 2,464 ratings. With that many, the reader vote carries 94% of the weight and the score stays at 7.3 — the Thriller average of 7.6 barely moves it.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 7.4 | 130 | 5% |
| Hardcover | 7.3 | 2.3K | 95% |
Reader voices
The most-liked reviews on Hardcover (credited to their authors).
“Artemis is often frowned upon as the worst Andy Weir book, but I don't think that is fair. This is just a fun and fast paced book, perfect for new readers to sci fi or to get out of a reading slump.”
“Andy Weir writes fast-paced, engineering-oriented scifi well. This heist on a moon colony, featuring a vaguely Saudi, lapsed Muslim protagonist was a quick and light read. There's welding and problems with low-gravity/zero atmosphere and family bonding and shady business dealings. So, almost perfect. But look…”
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It has 322 pages — shorter than 75% of the ranked books in Thriller.
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