Brandon Sanderson calls Project Hail Mary the best sci-fi in years

During a recent stream of Halo 2(obviously!) fantasy heavyweight and master geek-culture commentator Brandon Sanderson took a moment to remind his audience that the sci-fi and fantasy world extends well beyond his own sprawling Cosmere setting. While fans wait for his next big release, The Fires of December, Sanderson rattled off a list of authors worth reading in the meantime, including Brent Weeks (the Lightbringer series), Fonda Lee (The Green Bone saga), Terry Pratchett (Discworld), and Andy Weir of The Martian fame. Of Weir’s latest novel, Project Hail Mary, Sanderson didn’t hedge: it’s his “favorite science fiction novel of recent years,” he said while gunning down Covenant hordes.