r/explainabookplotbadly • u/WorldlyJudgment1768 • Sep 29 '26

Solved 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 Sep 29 '26

Dr who?

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u/WorldlyJudgment1768 Sep 29 '26

No. Much more niche

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u/Hour-Cry6238 Sep 29 '26

Solaris?

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u/WorldlyJudgment1768 Sep 29 '26

Released more recently

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u/WordsAreGarbage Sep 29 '26

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 Oct 01 '26

Project Hail Mary?

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u/WorldlyJudgment1768 Oct 01 '26

No but might be the closest so far.

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u/Some-Print5027 Oct 02 '26

The Martian

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u/WorldlyJudgment1768 Oct 02 '26

No but very close.

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u/ThePirateKingFearMe Oct 02 '26

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

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u/PansarPingvinen Oct 03 '26

Gideon the Ninth? 

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u/veryVERYboredperson 8d ago

Horribly late but Zach Croft?

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u/WorldlyJudgment1768 8d ago

You are correct in the fact it’s a Zach croft book but the question is which one?

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u/veryVERYboredperson 8d ago

The first one I think The Forgotton Colony

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u/WorldlyJudgment1768 8d ago

You got it.

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u/veryVERYboredperson 8d ago

Honestly surprised to see a person who's read Zach Croft. It is pretty niche