The Martian

Ebook, 369 pages

English language

Published July 6, 2017 by Broadway Books.

ISBN:
978-0-8041-3903-8
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OCLC Number:
918909125

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4 stars (66 reviews)

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human error” are much more likely to kill him first.

But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

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5 stars

Okay, this was an awesome book and I don't know how it could have been better. Oh, wait, yes I do, BUY THE AUDIOBOOK!! R.C. Bray was brilliant voice actor and from the first sentence to the last sentence he did a great job. He was thoroughly entertaining and captured the emotions of the text, which is just as brilliant. Andy Weir is now a new favorite author on my list. Bray couldn't have been as great as he was if it wasn't for a perfectly written book.

The book was absolutely the best hard science sci-fi book that I've read in a while. What makes it great is that seems to be a well researched book. The science seems to be perfect in it. I'm not an expert, hence the seems, I've read one science book discussing a mission to Mars and all the problems that can occur, which …

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