The Martian, Book and Movie

Ilistened to Andy Weir’s The Martian last fall and, at first, wondered what it was all about, writing in a goodreadsupdate:

Just as I thought “this is getting claustrophobic” the other side’s story kicked in.

And once that happened, I was completely absorbed. My final brief review:

This was fun. Pretty much a roller-coaster. Almost predicable in that as soon as things seemed okay something else terrible happened, but somehow super-smart Whatley figured them out each time.

Now I’m evidently th...