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The Martian
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Andrew
Mar 11, 2015 rated it it was amazing
I'm one of those crazy engineers who spends an inordinate amount of time thinking (or daydreaming?) about cool things like human spaceflight and exploring the solar system. So, it was only natural that I absolutely loved this book. It's an astronaut fighting for survival by himself on Mars! How awesome is that?

This book exceeded my expectations, and I had read a bunch of hype about how awesome this was before I started reading it. After I finished this book, the most negative thing I could think
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