The Martian

Paperback, 388 pages

English language

Published Nov. 9, 2014 by Broadway Books.

ISBN:
978-0-553-41802-6
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4 stars (9 reviews)

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm forces his crew to evacuate the planet while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded on Mars's surface, with no way to signal Earth that he's alive. And even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone years before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, Mark won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.

Armed with nothing but his ingenuity, his engineering skills--and a gallows sense of humor that proves to be his greatest source of strength--Mark embarks on a dogged quest to stay alive. But will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

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reviewed The Martian by Andy Weir

Fun read.

4 stars

And probably at least semi realistic? Didn't like it as much as Project Hail Mary by the same author. This sorta read as a sequence of "oh crap, another thing went wrong" problems, followed by solutions. I'm certain this is realistic - or even still overly optimistic, given what they were surviving through - but kinda made for an overly long, repetitive narrative. I suspect this is part of why they cut some of these out of the movie (and to save time, but also it got repetitive). Nevertheless, a fun read if you enjoy sci-fi that sticks close to contemporary science.

Review of 'Seul sur Mars' on 'Goodreads'

4 stars

Leggendo questo libro (in versione originale, quindi non sono in grado di commentare la traduzione) ho scoperto che la sua prima edizione fu autoprodotta. Mi chiedo solo se il mercato anglosassone è diverso antropologicamente oppure ha semplicemente una massa molto maggiore dell'asfittico mercato italiano. Ad ogni modo, che dire di questo libro? Non ho le competenze scientifiche multidisciplinari per valutare se la storia regge, ma forse non è nemmeno così importante nonostante il libro sia di hard SF. Io lo leggo come un Robinson Crusoe del XXI secolo, o forse più correttamente come un McGyver dello spazio: l'idea che traspare è come l'ingegnosità umana permetta di trovare risposte a tanti problemi usando quello che si ha a disposizione. Diciamo che almeno per me questo alla lunga diventa esagerato, e non per nulla ho letto il libro ancor più a spizzichi e bocconi di quanto la mia già alta capacità di …

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