Andy Weir ‘Star Trek’ Comments Draw Fire From ‘Crime 101’ Author Don Winslow

Crime 101 author Don Winslow has hit out at Project Hail Mary novellist Andy Weir over his comments about modern Star Trek shows.

Weir made a series of statements about Paramount‘s handling of the Star Trek universe on a podcast recently, and claimed he had a pitch turned down by Trek executive producer Alex Kurtzman. That has prompted Winslow, who wrote the novella on which Bart Layton’s recent Crime 101 pic was based, to respond on social media.

Directly addressing Weir, who also wrote The Martian, Winslow wrote: “Congrats on the success of Project Hail Mary and The Martian. I’m a real fan. But when you have your moment don’t use it to crap on other writers’ work. For the record, Alex Kurtzman is a visionary writer, creator, producer and you owe him an apology… writer to writer.