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4****
When a major dust storm threatens the Ares 3 mission to Mars, the team of astronauts are ordered to evacuate the planet. En route to their MAV (Mars Ascent Vehicle = rocket), the high winds rip a satellite dish off the habitat, sending an antenna directly into Mark Watney, tearing a hole in his spacesuit and knocking him sideways. Unable to find him in the storm, and getting a “flat line” readout from his spacesuit, the rest of the team barely manages to lea ...more
4****
When a major dust storm threatens the Ares 3 mission to Mars, the team of astronauts are ordered to evacuate the planet. En route to their MAV (Mars Ascent Vehicle = rocket), the high winds rip a satellite dish off the habitat, sending an antenna directly into Mark Watney, tearing a hole in his spacesuit and knocking him sideways. Unable to find him in the storm, and getting a “flat line” readout from his spacesuit, the rest of the team barely manages to lea ...more
I love this book, Watney is funny, relatable and by the end you are so engage in his survivable, I was in the edge of my seat wanting to know what would happen.
He's a freaking space farmer!!!
I love the rest of the crew, and almost everyone at NASA. ...more
He's a freaking space farmer!!!
I love the rest of the crew, and almost everyone at NASA. ...more
2.5
I really wanted to like this book. Everyone was saying how great it was. It was just too much science and math and not enough human element for me. By the end I was skimming the journal chapters. I liked the humor but it wasn't enough to make up for the lack of emotional connection. ...more
I really wanted to like this book. Everyone was saying how great it was. It was just too much science and math and not enough human element for me. By the end I was skimming the journal chapters. I liked the humor but it wasn't enough to make up for the lack of emotional connection. ...more
I read Hail Mary right before this book and when I finished, I quickly found The Martian as I was hungry for more Andy Weir. I read the Andy Weir books in a fairly strange order: Artemis first, then Hail Mary and finally, The Martian. I didn't particularly care for Artemis, so I assumed I wouldn't like his other books, but friends kept telling me to read Hail Mary, and I am so glad I did. It became the best book I read last year.
Unfortunately, I didn't love The Martian. I found it incredibly sl ...more
Unfortunately, I didn't love The Martian. I found it incredibly sl ...more
One of the best books I've ever read!!
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This book really surprised me. I heard tons of excellent reviews about it, so I knew it was going to be good. I was a little bit hesitant due to the fact that it is science heavy (and I don't really care much for it). And yes, I was elbow deep in chemistry from the very first pages and more than half of it went right over my head. Despite all that I LOVED this book, the writing was excellent and Mark's personality made me fall in love with him.
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Very good and sciency and I love space books.
No wonder so many of my engineer friends are talking about this book.
No wonder so many of my engineer friends are talking about this book.
Jan 12, 2015
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