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?

  • shortwavesurfer@monero.townEnglish
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    8 months ago

    This is such a good book. I have read it multiple times over multiple years and it’s one that I just come back to when I want something to read and I’m not sure exactly what I want to read. I would highly, highly recommend this book if you have not read it. It’s so good.

    • LoverOfLiterature@literature.cafe
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      8 months ago

      I love learning how people read.

      When I love a book, I don’t reread it but instead look for the writers other books.

      The next from Weir that I read was called Project Hail Mary — and I loved it. Surely not as “relatable” as The Martian, it was simply exciting and had an unexpectedly delighting “bro-mance” — don’t want to spoil anything.

      Have you read it?

            • LoverOfLiterature@literature.cafe
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              8 months ago

              Thank you. I’m pretty new to the Fediverse. I’ll move us back to our original thread. After Project Hail Mary I read a novel by Weir about a colony on the moon… can’t recall the title. All I know is that I abandoned the book because the social problems of earth were recreated on the moon and I just kept thinking, what’s the point of having a colony on the moon if people are still going to be shitty to one another.

              I just didn’t “believe” it. And as you know from Project Hail Mary, I can believe some pretty far fetched stuff.

              Do you know this moon colony book?