
The Martian
Andy Weir(Author)
Del Rey (Publisher)
Published on 27. August 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-78503-113-7 (ISBN)
Description
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A survival story for the 21st century and the international bestseller behind the major film from Ridley Scott, starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain.
I'm stranded on Mars.
I have no way to communicate with Earth.
I'm in a habitat designed to last 31 days.
If the oxygenator breaks down, I'll suffocate. If the water reclaimer breaks down, I'll die of thirst. If the hab breaches, I'll just kind of explode. If none of those things happen, I'll eventually run out of food and starve to death.
So yeah. I'm screwed.
Andy Weir's second novel Artemis is now available, and his latest novel Project Hail Mary is now available for preorder.
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'A saga of courage, ingenuity and humour... utterly convincing' STEPHEN BAXTER
A survival story for the 21st century and the international bestseller behind the major film from Ridley Scott, starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain.
I'm stranded on Mars.
I have no way to communicate with Earth.
I'm in a habitat designed to last 31 days.
If the oxygenator breaks down, I'll suffocate. If the water reclaimer breaks down, I'll die of thirst. If the hab breaches, I'll just kind of explode. If none of those things happen, I'll eventually run out of food and starve to death.
So yeah. I'm screwed.
Andy Weir's second novel Artemis is now available, and his latest novel Project Hail Mary is now available for preorder.
_________________________
'A saga of courage, ingenuity and humour... utterly convincing' STEPHEN BAXTER
Reviews / Votes
Andy Weir's masterpiece! -- Tom Hanks * Twitter * Watney's gallows humour and his brushes with death as he uses every ounce of his intelligence and astronaut's training to claw his way out of the pit will have you laughing and gasping by turns. I read this book in a weekend. I didn't think I'd have the time to - but Andy Weir's edge-of-the-seat storytelling didn't leave me any choice. -- Richard Madeley, Richard and Judy Book Club Andy Weir's terrific 'lost in space' novel is an absolute page turner from first to last ... Tautly-written, full of extraordinary and fascinating detail about life in a frozen red desert so far from home, The Martian is one of the best thrillers either of us has read in years. Highly recommended. -- Judy Finnigan, Richard and Judy Book Club The best book I've read in ages. Clear your schedule before you crack the seal. This story will take your breath away faster than a hull breech. Smart, funny, and white-knuckle intense, The Martian is everything you want from a novel. -- Hugh Howey * New York Times bestselling author of Wool * Accomplished...believable but suspenseful as [Watney] battles against the odds for survival * The Guardian * like Gravity meets Robinson Crusoe - utterly nail-biting and memorable. -- James Lovegrove * FT * A book I just couldn't put down! It has the very rare combination of a good, original story, interestingly real characters and fascinating technical accuracy...reads like MacGyver meets Mysterious Island. -- Astronaut Chris Hadfield * Commander of the International Space Station and author of An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth * The amount of research here is astounding. We're suckers for well-grounded fiction, and on the technical side, The Martian is exemplary ... witty ... funny * SFX * The Martian kicked my ass! Weir has crafted a relentlessly entertaining and inventive survival thriller, a MacGyver-trapped-on-Mars tale that feels just as real and harrowing as the true story of Apollo 13. -- Ernest Cline * New York Times bestselling author of Ready Player One * Weir's debut is easily the best SF novel of the year so far * Financial Times *More details
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Cornerstone
Edition type
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Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 123 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
267 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-78503-113-7 (9781785031137)
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Person
Andy Weir built a two-decade career as a software engineer until the success of his first published novel, The Martian, allowed him to live out his dream of writing full-time. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of such subjects as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. He also mixes a mean cocktail. He lives in California.