Artemis by Andy Weir Summary
Overview of Artemis
Jazz Bashara navigates lunar colony Artemis as a smuggler-turned-heist-planner in Andy Weir's Goodreads Choice Award winner. Beyond *The Martian*, Weir meticulously calculated lunar economics, creating a crime thriller where even a Cantonese meal's cost is scientifically plausible. What would you risk on the moon?
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Life on the Lunar Edge: Where Oxygen Costs Money
Imagine waking up in a cramped "coffin" apartment on the Moon, where every breath has a price tag. Welcome to Artemis, humanity's first and only lunar city-a network of five interconnected bubbles housing 2,000 permanent residents. Each bubble serves a distinct purpose: Armstrong for tourists and luxury hotels, Aldrin for manufacturing, while Bean, Conrad, and Shepard house the working class who keep this fragile ecosystem functioning. The lunar economy operates on "slugs," currency equivalent to the cost of transporting one gram from Earth to the Moon. This creates a stark social hierarchy between wealthy tourists and the struggling workers who maintain essential services. Jazz Bashara embodies this struggle perfectly-a Saudi-born Muslim who immigrated as a child with her welder father, she works officially as a porter while running a sophisticated smuggling operation on the side. Despite her exceptional intelligence, she remains trapped in poverty after failing an EVA certification exam she can't afford to retake. In Artemis's low gravity and pure oxygen atmosphere, even simple activities require adaptation. Coffee only reaches 61C, cooking must be reimagined, and fire represents an existential threat-with nowhere to escape, even smoking requires specialized equipment. The city's justice system reflects these constraints; with no formal prison, punishment ranges from steep fines to permanent exile back to Earth.
The Million-Slug Job: A Heist Gone Wrong
Murder on the Moon: Stakes Rise to Life and Death
The Trillion-Dollar Secret: ZAFO Changes Everything
Assembling the Crew: A Lunar Ocean's Eleven
The Final Gambit: Sacrifice and Salvation
A New Artemis: Where Home Is Worth Fighting For
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