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A believable "account" of a Mars mission, projected into the not-too-distant future, but with the added condition that NASA has developed manned missions to Mars. Also, it's very funny. This book also assumes that astronauts in the future have personalities and senses of humor. Well, of course they do! And they also curse a lot.
This book has more than a dozen life-endangering victories in which our intrepid hero saves himself, and the whole of planet Earth is biting its nails.
But seriously, I f ...more
This book has more than a dozen life-endangering victories in which our intrepid hero saves himself, and the whole of planet Earth is biting its nails.
But seriously, I f ...more
Jul 27, 2015
Phoebe
rated it
it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
science-fiction,
english
In short: Entertaining, wittily written, realistic sci-fi (all things considered), very likeable first person narrator, great for maths and science buffs, humorous, and of course: gripping!
As I'm not very interested in various ways our hero adopted to survive I have to admit that many pages were for me totally boring, but the end is good and I prefer to remember that. But maybe the movie si better.....
Tutte le varie idee del protagonista per sopravvivere nell'ambiente marziano sono state noiose per me, quindi se escludiamo l'ultima parte veramente adrenalinica, devo ammettere che forse il film é meglio, ma non l'ho ancora visto... ...more
Tutte le varie idee del protagonista per sopravvivere nell'ambiente marziano sono state noiose per me, quindi se escludiamo l'ultima parte veramente adrenalinica, devo ammettere che forse il film é meglio, ma non l'ho ancora visto... ...more
Wow. Tears flowing
Amazing book. Trapped on a planet. Presumed dead one man fights for survival. Told with humor and heart this book is a immediate call for the power of the humane mind to solve problems. The movie is coming soon. People you're not going to be able to catch your breath. Cheers to The Martian ...more
Amazing book. Trapped on a planet. Presumed dead one man fights for survival. Told with humor and heart this book is a immediate call for the power of the humane mind to solve problems. The movie is coming soon. People you're not going to be able to catch your breath. Cheers to The Martian ...more
This was an interesting premise and story. The language almost undid me; thee people are supposed to be insanely smart, is there best curse word the F word repeated almost ad nausea? The technical details were overdone on occasion, but a little amazing, if it is real and could work.
Wow, what a fun read. I did not find any of the science stuff at all boring. The story moved right along...lots of suspense.
Jan 04, 2015
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Ricky D. Gonzalez
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Jul 29, 2018
Steven
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it was amazing
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review of another edition
Shelves:
100-books-you-should-read
Dec 24, 2016
Jen from Quebec :0)
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