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The Martian

Andy Weir

Start date: January 14, 2015

Finish date: January 15, 2015

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Nov 28, 2015 K rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Много добра!
Ще запомня книгата не само заради полезната (и не толкова полезната) информация, която предоставя, а най-вече заради хумора на Уотни. :)

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Sep 14, 2016 Leonor rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, adventures, desafío-2016

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Mark Watney forma parte del grupo de astronautas que va a Marte, en la misión Ares 3. Fue la persona número 17 en poner sus pies en el planeta rojo. Sin embargo, algo sale mal en una de sus exploraciones, mientras volvían a su cápsula de escape, y es atravesado por una vara de metal, que le agujerea el traje espacial. Sus compañeros lo dan por muerto y la misión es cancelada.

Sin embargo, Mark aún está vivo, ya que la sangre coaguló y selló a tiempo su traje espacial. Su nueva misión es in ...more

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Jul 24, 2015 Tihana rated it really liked it

Shelves: must-read

This was a fun fun book. An astronaut stuck on Mars, after a mission went wrong and after presumed dead by his crew members and NASA. There's terrible spookiness in the fact that now Mark Watney is the only human being on Mars and the furthest human being from the safety and comfort of Earth. ALONE. Alone on a hostile planet. Being absolutely terrified of that kind of loneliness myself, the book did it for me totally. Other than that, Mark Watney is an ultimate geek and seems to have a solution ...more

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Sep 21, 2015 Loralee rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I'm not usually a Science Fiction reader; however, I enjoyed the suspenseful, cleverly written novel of Andy Weir. Cheering for Watney the whole way, I was engulfed in the plot and communications with NASA rounded the believability of the story.
I am looking forward to seeing the movie. ...more

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