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Listening to this audiobook, narrated by R. C. Bray, felt a lot like listening to personal logs from the Star Trek world. Mark Watney is stuck on Mars by himself, and he logs all of his activity during his fight to survive, but he does it with such snark and intelligence that it's completely engrossing. I'd say it was a page-turner if I had been reading it. The character feels so real that it's easy to forget you're listening to a fictional story.
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Mark Watney and his five fellow astronauts on Mars are caught in an unexpected sandstorm after only 6 days on the Martian surface. The storm requires an emergency evacuation long before their intended 31-day mission had come to an end. As the six astronauts are making their way to the MAV (Mars Ascent Vehicle), which will take them from the Martian surface and up to the waiting orbiter, Mark is hit by flying debris and falls down. Due to the sandstorm, his fellow astronauts lose visual contact,
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This one of those page turners you can't put down. The premise may seem far fetched, yet it draws you in and you buy every bit. It's not science fiction, it's an adventure story and you'll enjoy every word. ...more
This one of those page turners you can't put down. The premise may seem far fetched, yet it draws you in and you buy every bit. It's not science fiction, it's an adventure story and you'll enjoy every word. ...more
Such a fantastic win for science!!
If you like sci fi, space, science, and nerdy problem solving, you will like this book.
Jan 14, 2016
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