Starting The Martian
I just started reading The Martian by Andy Weir and am pretty impressed.
The Martian – the book
“I'm pretty much fucked.”
It's an interesting first line of a novel, but I think Andy Weir captures the feel for The Martian with this first sentence.
I just started reading chapter 1, but that line and the rest of the “Log Entry” for Sol 6 sets the stage for what I think is going to be an interesting read.
So far, we find out that Mark Watney is indeed “fucked” because he is stranded alone on Mars. Through an unfortunate series of events, the rest of his 6 man crew are on their way back to Earth thinking he died during their evacuation. Since the crew took the only vehicle that could leave Mars when they took off, Mark has no way of getting home. To make matters worse, all communication equipment was either on the vehicle that is ferrying the crew home, or was destroyed as part of the events that resulted in Mark's stranding.
With a solid introductory chapter like that, I am exicted to see what happens – Does he find Martians? Does he find a way to generate oxygen? What about food and water? Did he bring his towel? Does he ever get home?
I'll keep you updated as I find out…
The Martian – the movie
The book was so well received they decided to make a movie out of it. And it's gonna star Matt Damon. Here's the trailer…
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I’d seen a poster for the film but not looked into it. Have to say it looks good and I may have to grab the book beforehand.
I’d definitely recommend it if you are into any SciFi or Thriller type reading. I think you can even get the first few chapters for free on the author’s web site – so you can see if you’ll like it.