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Meeting Penelope of Ithaca by NobleDragon
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
14 May 2026
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He sees them round the corner, Rocky's brown and green carapace leading ahead of a larger Eridian. They were a gradient of blues and greens, the colors reminded him of turquoise, or maybe jade, and had spots of warm black dotted around their form. They had a splotch of brown on one their arms, mirroring the one he has seen on Rocky.
"Grace!" Rocky bounds over, the other Eridian swiftly coming with him. "Grace meet Mate Adrian. Adrian meet Friend Grace."
It really is them Grace thinks, giddy with joy.
Grace meets Adrian of Erid
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06 Jun 2026
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Stolen Sympathy for All My Worst Mistakes by Huntress8611
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
28 Mar 2026
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We're almost at Erid. I have to tell him before we get in range of whatever radio-equivalent they use. He deserves to know, to have the chance to tell everyone before I land. He should know I’m a coward before he convinces his planet to funnel all their resources into keeping me alive.
I've thought it through so many times, in the years since I remembered.
‘Hey Rocky, I need to tell you something.’
‘Hey Rocky, you know how you always call us brave? Well…’
‘Hey Rocky so the actual reason I had amnesia when I met you was because I said no when they asked me to save my planet even though I was the only qualified candidate and they forced me to and I said if they sent me I'd kill everyone by sabotaging the mission so Stratt gave me some insane amnesia drug.’
Not exactly a conversation anyone wants to have ever, let alone with their roommate in a ship with no escape. Not something anyone wants to hear from the person they're relying on to save their people, either.
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06 Jun 2026
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better than your best by Goldmonger
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
15 May 2026
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“Rocky, I’m here, okay? Come back to me, pal, please.”
Of course I will, I think, drawn to that voice, that strange, wobbling voice, which I care about without knowing exactly why, and I should – it makes me angry, not knowing – I should know –
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06 Jun 2026
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Good Words by boxofrogs
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
19 Apr 2026
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Rocky tries his best to reassure Grace, they have a slight misunderstanding, and a new Eridian word is coined.
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04 Jun 2026
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Five Times Ryland Grace Surprised Someone and One Time He Surprised Himself by Katrina
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026)
21 May 2026
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People have a image of Dr. Ryland Grace. A bit of an oddball, hard working, loves a punny shirt, and is still very much a teacher for all that he's head scientist. Sometimes, however, he does something that is outside expectations. Even the ones he has of himself.
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04 Jun 2026
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Rocky's main specialty was engineering, definitely not understanding aliens from a different solar system.
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04 Jun 2026
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three's company by Goldmonger
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
17 Apr 2026
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“Rocky,” I say sharply. The irritation feels unpleasant inside me, foreign like a toxin.
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04 Jun 2026
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wanderers in a vast and unknowable universe by sarahmonious
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
20 Apr 2026
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He catches a glimpse of himself in the small mirror across the room.
It’s as if he’s been frozen in time. Nothing about him has changed since he last touched the surface of his home planet.
But of course, that’s not true. Everything has changed.
He doesn’t understand. He doesn’t know what this means. He’s a man of science. There are rules, immutable laws of the universe, no matter where in the universe one is. Entropy, decay, deterioration. Everything in the universe experiences it.
Everything except him, it seems.
Or: While on Erid, Ryland Grace makes a startling realization: he seems to have stopped aging.
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04 Jun 2026
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Speech pattern by Chaotic_aroace
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
22 Jun 2026
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Once Rocky learned that Grace can whistle, he decided to teach him how to say some basic words in Eridian
One day when they were close to Erid, Rocky falls ill and is unable to answer to the Eridian messageLuckily, Grace could answer
Too bad that Rocky didn't tell just how, juvenile he sounded when he spoke Eridian
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How Grace confused Eridians about his age
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03 Jun 2026
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let all the children boogie by disasterdrow, Taraxinium
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
17 May 2026
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After four years of space travel, Grace and Rocky are finally approaching Erid. Grace has been working hard to learn Eridian, but two days out, disaster strikes - his keyboard is broken and Rocky is hurt.
Luckily, Grace can speak some very basic Eridian with his single set of vocal cords. Unfortunately, he sounds like a newly hatched baby Eridian when he does.
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- Part 1 of Baby Bird
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03 Jun 2026
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the full force of a dying star by rbt_lvr
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
24 May 2026
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The day Ryland Grace proves the Carl Hypothesis and discovers how to breed Astrophage, a probe is spotted in the outer regions of the solar system. When it's recovered, the words TO SOLVE ASTROPHAGE PROBLEM are found written on the outside, and below that is written in slightly smaller text, Deliver to Ryland Grace.
Grace, unfortunately, has no idea what's going on.
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04 Jun 2026
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What Remains of Dr. Ryland Grace by aligningplanets for ramsay_baggins
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
29 Apr 2026
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The capsule touches down on Erid about a decade and a half after I do.
There's a message inside translated into fourteen different languages. Y'know, just in case I've taught myself - and then the Eridians - Afrikaans.
Hey, it reads. Can we have our ball back, please?
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03 Jun 2026
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He Wears the Rose of Youth Upon Him by neoRainbow
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
28 Apr 2026
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Missing scene from the book of Rocky finding out how old Grace is, from Rocky’s perspective.
Grace has mentioned that he is a scientist as well as a teacher to human children. On Erid, only our Elders would step down from their purpose to impart their knowledge on the next generation. Grace must be very old indeed to become a teacher, and to be chosen for this mission.
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- Part 1 of He Wears the Rose of Youth Upon Him
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03 Jun 2026
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Finding Home by C4t1l1n4
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
13 Jun 2026
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A series of short fics exploring Grace and Rocky's friendship, among other things. (Each chapter is its own story; I just wanted to have them all in one place.)
Chapter 1: Rocky thinks humans are equally disgusting and cute. Somehow, through it all, Grace reminds him of home.
Chapter 2: Rocky can pick Grace up easily, and Rocky thinks it is very funny. Rocky and Grace tease each other.
Chapter 3: Eridians bring Grace their babies for him to see, and Grace learns about Eridian culture/religion. Grace is also bad at taking compliments.
Chapter 4: Rocky makes Grace celebration jewelry. Later, Grace gets a similar gift from Adrian.
Chapter 5: Grace and Rocky tease each other, and Rocky is introduced to the idea of throwing things at your friends. He decides that humans are odd, but maybe aren't all that bad.
Chapter 6: Grace tries to convince Rocky to swim, but Eridians don’t typically like deep water because they are heavy and will sink/drown. Grace learns about some Eridian mythology.
Chapter 7: Grace talks about the lack of support teachers have on Earth. Rocky is confused by this.[This has a limit, so new chapters will have their description at the beginning of the chapter instead]
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03 Jun 2026
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The Hail Mary, full of Grace by Second_Sol
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
14 Jun 2026
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Project Hail Mary from Rocky's Perspective.
Also includes a couple of bonus chapters at the end.
Bonus chapter 1: Rocky and Grace's arrival at Erid
Bonus chapter 2: Grace introduces Rocky to Earth life
Bonus chapter 3: Grace introduces Rocky to Tetris
Bonus chapter 4: Rocky finds out about the Golden Record
Bonus chapter 5: The Eridians plan and initiate 'Project Saving Grace'- Language:
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03 Jun 2026
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Blessed be the fruit by nopaintjustpain
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
30 May 2026
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“Grace! Why you no say plants are on Hail Mary, question?!”
The question puts me on my back foot. Literally. I jog up to the door after my morning run to find Rocky waiting for me on my side of the house, suited up and ticked off. I rock back on my heel.
“Huh?”
“What you mean ‘huh’, is simple question! Why no mention plants on Hail Mary when almost die of no vitamins?!”
“No bud, I heard you the first time,” I scoff, shaking my head ruefully. He gets under my feet, tapping at my thighs with his claws to annoy me while I toe off my running shoes.
“Hey, quit— quit it! You’ve gotta be confused, the only plant matter on the Hail Mary was the food in my meals, and that’s years gone.”
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Aka, Grace gets a bittersweet surprise several years after he settles into his life on Erid.
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- Part 3 of Ave Maria
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03 Jun 2026
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it's lonely out in space by Likelightinglass
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
19 Mar 2026
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Grace is touch starved.
Rocky can fix.
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- Part 1 of Platonic cuddling
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03 Jun 2026
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A Journey Unknown by Acewithapaintbrush
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
21 May 2026
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“What is a ‘field trip’?”
The unexpected question makes me stop in my tracks. I stumble over my own two feet and almost bite my own tongue which is a new low, even for me. If I keep going like this I am never going to beat the clumsy human allegations. At least Rocky is not here. If he’d witnessed my latest embarrassing blunder he would have found ways to tease me about it for a week straight. It’s unfortunate that my class has to see me like this but they are a lot more forgiving and understanding of their ungraceful teacher than my best friend. A fact I like to hold over his head from time to time.
Not that he cares. He maintains that he’s earned the right to mock me as much as he likes after having to watch me stumble and fall repeatedly over the same threshold for four years.
And maybe he’s not wrong.
Don’t ever tell him I said that.
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There is no way Grace can take the pebbles on a field trip. At least not without help.
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- Part 2 of Teacher Grace's Extraordinary Curriculum
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01 Jun 2026
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The Greatest Act of Optimism by Acewithapaintbrush
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir, Project Hail Mary (2026)
30 Apr 2026
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The Eridian thrills a high sound that doesn’t get picked up by the translator which means that it has no clear meaning. Like when a human gasps or sucks in a deep breath. It actually sounds a little like that. When they notice that I’m staring straight at them they scramble back into their hiding spot and hold very still.
A child, I realize with a start.
That’s a child!
“Hey,” I call and the kid squeaks again. I was about to get to my feet but abort the movement and crawl closer on my hands and knees until I'm inches away from the xenonite wall. I wait and it takes me much too long to realize that they don’t have to peek around the corner to see if I’m still there.
“Hey there,” I try again, my voice low and calm. It’s my teacher voice, the one I use for shy and scared students.
Used.
The fact that I haven’t had to use it for years and it still comes to me automatically almost knocks the air out of my lungs but this is not about me, it’s about making sure the little pebble doesn’t die of fright from the scary alien. “Hi, I’m Grace. It’s alright, you don’t have to be scared.”
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How Grace finally gets back into a classroom, where he belongsSeries
- Part 1 of Teacher Grace's Extraordinary Curriculum
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01 Jun 2026
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Did You See? by hole_in_the_roof
Fandoms: Project Hail Mary (2026), Project Hail Mary - Andy Weir
11 Apr 2026
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Theresa Cabral is two weeks, three days, and ten hours from defending her PhD thesis in molecular biology when she gets a text from a kid she went to middle school with.
Michael Whitman (11:06 pm):
Did you see it?Series
- Part 1 of North Star
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01 Jun 2026