A high concept thriller and genre busting classic, now a major motion picture starring Matt Damon
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.
Andy Weir's masterpiece!
*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.
*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.
*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.
*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.
*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*
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