An Evening in We The Curious Planetarium with Andy Weir

Experience a 3D trip to the moon and special Q&A with Andy Weir, renowned sci-fi author of the best-selling novel The Martian, in We The Curious Planetarium to celebrate the launch of his new book, Artemis with local sci-fi podcast The Cosmic Shed and Bristol Sunset Cinema!

With a background in computer science, Andy Weir has always been interested in science fiction and started writing The Martian back in 2009. His book about a stranded astronaut struggling to survive on Mars was rejected by most literary agents, so Weir put his book chapter-by-chapter on his website in a serialised format. Its surprise success led to an Amazon Kindle version being produced where it quickly rose to the top of Amazon’s list of best-selling sci-fi titles. Publisher attention soon followed and after an intense bidding war, in March 2013 the print rights were snapped up and published in the UK by Ebury Publishing.

After the book debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list in 2014, the film rights were bought by 20th Century Fox and a few months later, Oscar-winning director Ridley Scott (Gladiator, Alien) was attached with an all-star cast including Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Michael Peña, Sean Bean and Chiwitel Ejiofor. The film would go on to make $630 million worldwide and receive seven Academy Award nominations.

Andy Weir will be coming to Bristol Planetarium to talk about writing The Martian, its global success and his new book Artemis, a thriller set on the Moon that sees a woman called Jazz caught in the middle of a conspiracy. A film version is already in development with The LEGO Movie’s Phil Lord and Christopher Miller attached.

Attendees to this special Q&A event will each receive a copy of Artemis. The Q&A will be hosted by local sci-fi nerds Timon Singh (Bristol Bad Film Club, Bristol Sunset Cinema) and Andrew Glester (The Cosmic Shed).

Tickets are £20 and will include a signed copy of Artemis.

Tickets will be extremely limited, so get yours now!

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