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The Martian
Alone on Mars with 400 days of food and 1400 days until rescue. Time to science the heck out of this.
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Survival by Science
Andy Weir's 2011 debut follows Mark Watney, a botanist and astronaut who is left for dead on Mars when his crew evacuates during a violent dust storm. With limited supplies, a damaged habitat, and no way to contact Earth, Watney starts a log and begins solving one potentially fatal problem at a time. The novel is a celebration of scientific thinking, dark humour, and the human refusal to give up when the numbers say you should.


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Reading The Martian
4 Daunting
5 Ingenious
4 Relieved
4 Tense
5 Nail-Biting
5 Triumphant

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I'm going to have to science the shit out of this.


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Weir self-published The Martian chapter by chapter on his website in 2011 before a publisher noticed the download numbers. He researched orbital mechanics, botany, and chemical engineering to make every solution scientifically plausible.
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The 2015 film adaptation directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon earned over 630 million dollars worldwide and won a Golden Globe for Best Comedy. The novel turned Weir into one of the most commercially successful debut novelists of the decade.


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