It's rare that I love a book-to-screen adaptation as much as I love the book, but Project Hail Mary is one of those examples. I'd say the same about The Martian, come to think of it. Maybe Andy Weir just has a knack for telling great character-driven stories that translate well from page to screen. Regardless of the reason, I'm all in on the author and anything he's involved in. So when I saw that Weir was executive producing what sounds like a really cool sci-fi thriller for Audible, preordering it was a no-brainer. Andy Weir is teaming up with writer Benjamin Percy for Exoplanet, a sci-fi thriller for Audible. The voice cast for the audiobook includes Anthony Mackie, Ariana DeBose and John Leguizamo.I also spotted Ray Porter's name mentioned, which is a great bonus to this already excellent voice cast. If you're a fan of the Project Hail Mary audiobook, you're definitely familiar with Porter's voice. In addition to the Project Hail Mary audiobook, Porter has narrated several other popular audiobooks, including Dennis E. Taylor's Bobiverse series and Jack Carr's The Terminal List books.When Audible describes this story as mind-bending, it really sounds like they aren't kidding. The plot seems right up the alley for those of us who like space sci-fi and stories that involve time travel. Here's what we know about the plot:The three crew members each crash-land into a different era of the titular exoplanet when some kind of quantum anomaly destroys their shipYes, they end up in different eras. As in time periods.Anthony Mackie voices Chief Engineer Jeff Shaw, who's trying to get home to his daughter. He ends up in an "unforgiving present." Ray Porter voices his virtual assistant. Ariana DeBose voices First Officer Becca Bang, who's stuck in the "alien past." John Leguizamo voices Science Officer Logan Bowers, whose destination is the "machine-ruled future." The three different time periods in play are separated by centuries.The characters need to figure out how to communicate with one another from their respective time periods, while the clock is ticking. Exoplanet won't be my first Audible Original experience, but it will be my first experience with Benjamin Percy's storytelling. The author has written several novels, and he's written for comics like Green Arrow and X-Force. But the premise of this new story sounds really exciting, and as I said, I'm all in on anything Andy Weir is involved in. From what Weir said in Audible's announcement, it sounds like there's an element to this story that's right in his wheelhouse, but Percy brings a twist to it:I'm obsessed with problems, the kind where one person and a lot of math are all that stand between survival and disaster. Benjamin Percy’s writing in Exoplanet takes that and adds a twist that genuinely kept me up at night: what if the people trying to save each other were separated not by distance, but by centuries? Weir also spoke about why this is a story that needs to be heard, rather than seen. Speaking of Exoplanet as audio production, he said:You can't see that story. You have to hear it. The crackle across a five-hundred-year gap, the desperation in a voice that doesn't know if anyone's still listening. Anthony, Ariana, and John don't just perform it; they make you feel every impossible mile between them.As a fan of traditional audiobooks -- where there's one, or maybe two narrators at most, reading the book as it's written, no literal bells, whistles, music or other sound effects -- I was admittedly a bit wary of the bigger, more theatrical audio productions that have been released more frequently lately, but Audible's winning me over. I really enjoyed Audible's production of 1984, which stars Andrew Garfield and Cynthia Erivo, and I was blown away by Audible's full-cast productions of the Harry Potter books. Even with the addition of music, sound effects and varying voices, I still feel like these productions leave room for my imagination to do its thing, which is why I love reading to begin with.Exoplanet sounds exactly like the kind of sci-fi book I'd like to read. In this case, the story just happens to be skipping the book part and going straight to an audio production – complete with sound design from Skywalker Sound and a score from Rob Cairns – and I'm excited for it. I really hope it's good!Expoplanet arrives on Audible on November 5. It's already available for pre-order.