The Martian - What problem are you currently grappling with?

The Martian - What problem are you currently grappling with?

The Martian - is a 2011 science fiction novel written by Andy Weir. The story follows an American astronaut, Mark Watney, as he becomes stranded alone on Mars in the year 2035 and must improvise to survive. "Wikipedia"

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In a crazy-bad storm on the surface, Watney gets stabbed with flying debris, knocked away from his crew, and his suit's vital readings flatline. They're forced by the storm to abandon the mission, and head home weighed down with the knowledge that their friend and the crew member was dead. Except he's not dead. His suit sealed itself around his coagulating blood, and he wakes up all alone on a planet that's determined to kill him.

The Martian

However, he's a brilliant boy with a good sense of humor, and those two things carry him through the rest of the story. He knows that another mission is scheduled to land several years down the road, so he starts hatching ways to survive until they can arrive.

Most of the story is spent on Watney’s very compelling attempt to survive, going through all the challenges he faces trying to make air, preserve and generate water, make his food last, get some sort of communication set up, etc. There are technical elements, of course, but more interesting, for me, were the political considerations. To tell the crew or not? There's a lot of science descriptions. There are a real balance and warmth to the story as Watney battles with the unforgiving Mars environment that wants to kill him every time he turns around. It's thrilling, and the edge of your seat stuff with lots of laughs built in to break the inexorable tension.

This story is entirely told. It is perfectly paced, it is brilliantly written, it is beautifully crafted. Andy Weir makes the reader feel the isolation that Mark Wagner feels.

Its a tremendous thrilling survival story with a dose of humor.  Loved it!

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External Links:

・　The Martian (Weir novel) - Wikipedia
・　The Martian by Andy Weir - Goodreads
・　Book Review: The Martian by Andy Weir – David Fish – Medium