Epub, 400 pages
English language
Published July 6, 2016 by Del Rey.
In the Young Readers Edition of The Martian:
Classroom-appropriate language Discussion questions and activities Q&A with Andy Weir
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. Damaged machinery, the 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 …
In the Young Readers Edition of The Martian:
Classroom-appropriate language Discussion questions and activities Q&A with Andy Weir
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. Damaged machinery, the 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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Ciència ficció amb gran dosi de comèdia, ben trenada i -ni que sigui per un cop- bastant curosa a nivell científic. Evidentment hi ha ficció, però la part de ciència que «controlem actualment» no s'exagera, ni es porta a l'extrem i es fonamenta de forma prou digna. Un molt bon entreteniment, que et fa riure molt i et captura des del moment inicial.
I have no idea why I didn’t read this book earlier. It is a fantastic story that kept me reading until I was done (a day and a half!).
I’ve always wanted to take a trip into space, but certainly not if it ends up like Mark’s.
I went in with the understanding this was a book about a bunch of whatif science problems so enjoyed it. The author did a good job of keeping things moving forward without getting too bogged down in detail. The structure of the story meant the protagonist was maybe the most upbeat superhuman I’ve met so it there was no emotional stakes but that was by design.
I went in with the understanding this was a book about a bunch of whatif science problems so enjoyed it. The author did a good job of keeping things moving forward without getting too bogged down in detail. The structure of the story meant the protagonist was maybe the most upbeat superhuman I’ve met so it there was no emotional stakes but that was by design.
Content warning Minor spoilers about character-building
The Martian still rocks. It has everything that I love in those YouTube video where they walk you through their process of making a cool new machine (youtube.com/watch?v=vsTTXYxydOE&feature=share).
A few times throughout the book, Mark’s plans went out the airlock and he expresses his frustration and hopelessness to the log. Then in the next log, he’s back to working the problem. He decides to survive “off camera” and I think that we missed an essential part of his character.
And probably at least semi realistic? Didn't like it as much as Project Hail Mary by the same author. This sorta read as a sequence of "oh crap, another thing went wrong" problems, followed by solutions. I'm certain this is realistic - or even still overly optimistic, given what they were surviving through - but kinda made for an overly long, repetitive narrative. I suspect this is part of why they cut some of these out of the movie (and to save time, but also it got repetitive). Nevertheless, a fun read if you enjoy sci-fi that sticks close to contemporary science.
Divertido e nerdy, adorei!
Meh.
All characters are 1 dimensional and completely interchangeable. Emotion is never explored at all, somehow Mark makes jokes and is logical no matter the circumstance.
The author feels like a new author to me; Weird writing style mixtures. The book starts out with mark getting wounded and isn’t ever mentioned again even though he’s permanently doing physical labour. Plot suspension is built over some time and after things are avoided, it’s never mentioned again by anyone, not even the fact that things were avoided.
It feels like it was based on the movie, but somehow with less emotion than cinema.
The book ruined the movie for me, and also the book.
The science was really cool though!
2.5 stars
Really intriguing tech short story. Read it twice.
Pretty much every review of this book mentions MacGyver, Robinson Crusoe, Gravity or Apollo 13, preferably in some sort of combination. You can probably throw in Castaway for good measure. But it makes sense, for Watney has the smarts of MacGyver, in a situation like Crusoe, only in a setting like those space movies. There's something about stories where the character has to use what he has available, and manages to do so in a clever way. It really makes you root for the character, and look forward to what he'll think of next. I don't really know much about all the science and techonlogical stuff in the novel, but it's presented in a way that makes it all really believable, and one can make enough sense out of it to understand the peril of the situation Watney is in. Watney's personality is also a great part of the book, …
Pretty much every review of this book mentions MacGyver, Robinson Crusoe, Gravity or Apollo 13, preferably in some sort of combination. You can probably throw in Castaway for good measure. But it makes sense, for Watney has the smarts of MacGyver, in a situation like Crusoe, only in a setting like those space movies. There's something about stories where the character has to use what he has available, and manages to do so in a clever way. It really makes you root for the character, and look forward to what he'll think of next. I don't really know much about all the science and techonlogical stuff in the novel, but it's presented in a way that makes it all really believable, and one can make enough sense out of it to understand the peril of the situation Watney is in. Watney's personality is also a great part of the book, as it is at times quite unexpected, but very believable.
