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This week on our Reading club we focused on a short story called 'The Egg' written by Andy Weir.

You might be familiar with Andy Weir already, after all he's the author of 'The Martian', the best selling book that got turned into a movie starring Matt Damon. In it, an astronaut by the name Mark Watney gets trapped in Mars after his operation has to abort its mission due to weather conditions. Mark has to battle the extreme conditions of Mars in order to survive until the rescue team comes back for him. It is a pretty good book, or movie whichever you prefer, filled with funny moments and striving for scientific accuracy.

But we should be focusing on 'The Egg' on this post so let's get right back into it. The short story features an unnamed man who has just died in a crash accident, he finds himself face to face with God, and starts this amusing conversation with him, filled with questions, including the most important of all... okay, I won't spoil it, you will have to read it if you want to find out.

The Egg presents some really interesting ideas, from challenging our perception of time, our view of religions, and how we are related to one another. All this while trying to keep a funny vibe, well you could call it dark humour but it's humour after all.

If this piqued your interest you can find the story in Andy Weir's blog which is linked here. It is available in multiple languages in case you want to share with someone else.

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