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The Martian

Andy Weir

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Nov 29, 2015 Kazen rated it liked it · review of another edition

The movie is coming to Japan in February, four months after it opened in the US. Living on the other side of the world can suck sometimes, but at least it gave me time to read the book.

And it's a good book! Weir manages all kinds of geekery - good for getting astronaut Mark Watney home but tedious to read at times. When my particular freak flag was flying high I loved it (NASA history, woo!) but when it came down to reducing liquid for the hydrogen I checked out.

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Sep 14, 2015 Kathy Miller rated it really liked it

If you want to become an astronaut, this may well be your primer. Incredibly factual, reads, in part, like a time stamped log, though it has some very thrilling parts. Our hero is stranded on Mars after a dust storm hits and his fellow crew members depart. They believe he perished, but no, our hero braves every set back through his ingenuity and engineering skills. No easy task when you are the only living thing on the planet. Somehow he must stay alive, grow food in his habitat and wait for the ...more

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