The Martian | Andy Weir | Sci Fi | Book Review

 

Name of Book : The Martian

Author : AndyWeir

Publication Date : Jan 1, 2020

Publisher : Audible

Narrator : Wil Wheaton

No. of Hours : 10 Hours 59 Minutes

Format : Audiobook

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 nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he 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.

But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

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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.

My Opinion

The Martian by Andy Weir is a fabulous space ride with its story. Although the whole affair was a bit too technical for me, as I am not from a science background, But hats off to the author for the amount of detail written in the book. I have already watched the movie, but still, listening to the book was a new kind of experience.

Mark Watney was the only character on which I was focused. With every page, the thrill increases and our hope rises. I was amazed with all those minute details that bound the story together to the end. It was a little bit difficult for me to understand all those hardware and software details. Still, the book successfully entertains us to the climax. Definitely, the book deserves 5 stars.

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