Andy Weir: Artemis
Join the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination at UC San Diego for the launch of the new novel by Andy Weir, #1 New York Times best-selling author of The Martian. Weir will discuss Artemis, a crime caper set on the moon, in a near-future world that Weir builds with his trademark rich, scientifically accurate detail. Artemis is the first only city on the moon. If you aren't a tourist or an eccentric billionaire, life in this fledgling new territory is tough. Providence and imperial dreams have been nickel-and-dimed from those who have called the moon their home. That's why Jazz doesn't rely on her day job. She moonlights, instead, as a smuggler, and gets along okay with small-time contraband that is, until the chance to commit the perfect crime presents itself. Weir will discuss Artemis with Dr. Erik Viirre, Associate Director of the Clarke Center and the Medical and Technical Director of the Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE.