Scott

Scott asked Andy Weir:

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Andy Weir Any story is allowed to have one really unusual thing happen. Because otherwise there's no reason to tell the story. The problem is if you have two.

Mark had one really bad thing happen. After that it was all just a sequence of events based on that one thing.

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Cole

Cole asked Andy Weir:

Did you do a lot of the scientific work proactively or in the editing process? It sounded so precise I couldn't wrap my head around trying to formulate a scene around having to explain his actions in such detail.

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A Goodreads user asked Andy Weir:

I loved the book. Really. My question is were you worried that the book would be a bit "too much" in terms of technical detail and such for the average person? I like that it isn't just log entries and there's a narrative because it breaks things up somewhat, but was the narrative added later to break things up? Or was it always part of the plan to have more characters and another POV?

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