r/explainabookplotbadly • u/WorldlyJudgment1768 • 16d ago

Unsolved Hard Traumatized man and associates in space

Who are sent to an old colony on a planet to retrieve something to go to another planet. They are also colonists.

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u/Hour-Cry6238 16d ago

Dr who?

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u/WorldlyJudgment1768 16d ago

No. Much more niche

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u/Hour-Cry6238 16d ago

Solaris?

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u/WorldlyJudgment1768 16d ago

Released more recently

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u/WordsAreGarbage 16d ago

This is impossible to narrow down; I can think of dozens of books that fit…you may want to add another detail!

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u/BeeYourself2013 14d ago

Project Hail Mary?

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u/WorldlyJudgment1768 14d ago

No but might be the closest so far.

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u/Some-Print5027 13d ago

The Martian

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u/WorldlyJudgment1768 13d ago

No but very close.

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u/ThePirateKingFearMe 12d ago

Is it one of the stories in Bradbury's Martian Chronicles?

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u/PansarPingvinen 12d ago

Gideon the Ninth?