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Robinson Crusoe on Mars

**Andy Weir's second novel Artemis, a high concept thriller set on the moon, is out now**

A survival story for the 21st century and the international bestseller behind the major film from Ridley Scott starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain.

I’m stranded on Mars.

I have no way to communicate with Earth.

I’m in a Habitat designed to last 31 days.

If the Oxygenator breaks down, I’ll suffocate. If the Water Reclaimer breaks down, I’ll die of thirst. If the Hab breaches, I’ll just kind of explode. If none of those things happen, I’ll eventually run out of food and starve to death.

So yeah. I’m screwed.

Andy Weir's second novel Artemis is now available

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“Brilliant…a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many years…Utterly compelling.”--Wall Street Journal

“Terrific stuff, a crackling good read that devotees of space travel will devour like candy…succeeds on several levels and for a variety of reasons, not least of which is its surprising plausibility.”—USA Today

“An impressively geeky debut…the technical details keep the story relentlessly precise and the suspense ramped up. And really, how can anyone not root for a regular dude to prove the U-S-A still has the Right Stuff?”--Entertainment Weekly

“Gripping…[features] a hero who can solve almost every problem while still being hilarious. It’s hard not to be swept up in [Weir’s] vision and root for every one of these characters. Grade: A.”—AVClub.com

“Andy Weir delivers with The Martian...a story for readers who enjoy thrillers, science fiction, non-fiction, or flat-out adventure [and] an authentic portrayal of the future of space travel.”--Associated Press

"A gripping tale of survival in space [that] harkens back to the early days of science fiction by masters such as Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke."--San Jose Mercury News

“One of the best thrillers I’ve read in a long time. It feels so real it could almost be nonfiction, and yet it has the narrative drive and power of a rocket launch. This is Apollo 13 times ten.”
--Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Impact and Blasphemy

“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.”
--Astronaut Chris Hadfield, Commander of the International Space Station and author of An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth

"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."
--Hugh Howey, New York Times bestselling author of Wool

“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.”
—Ernest Cline, New York Times bestselling author of Ready Player One

“Gripping…shapes up like Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe as written by someone brighter.”
--Larry Niven, multiple Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author of the Ringworld series and Lucifer’s Hammer

“Humankind is only as strong as the challenges it faces, and The Martian pits human ingenuity (laced with more humor than you’d expect) against the greatest endeavor of our time — survival on Mars. A great read with an inspiring attention to technical detail and surprising emotional depth. Loved it!"
--Daniel H. Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse

“The tension simply never lets up, from the first page to the last, and at no point does the believability falter for even a second. You can't shake the feeling that this could all really happen.”
—Patrick Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Breach and Ghost Country

"Strong, resilent, and gutsy. It's Robinson Crusoe on Mars, 21st century style. Set aside a chunk of free time when you start this one. You're going to need it because you won't want to put it down."
—Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The King’s Deception and The Columbus Affair

“An excellent first novel…Weir laces the technical details with enough keen wit to satisfy hard science fiction fan and general reader alike [and] keeps the story escalating to a riveting conclusion.”—Publisher’s Weekly (starred)

"Riveting...a tightly constructed and completely believable story of a man's ingenuity and strength in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds."--Booklist

“Sharp, funny and thrilling, with just the right amount of geekery…Weir displays a virtuosic ability to write about highly technical situations without leaving readers far behind. The result is a story that is as plausible as it is compelling.”—Kirkus

"Weir combines the heart-stopping with the humorous in this brilliant debut novel...by placing a nail-biting life-and-death situation on Mars and adding a snarky and wise-cracking nerdy hero, Weir has created the perfect mix of action and space adventure."--Library Journal (starred)

“A perfect novel in almost every way, The Martian may already have my vote for best book of 2014.”—Crimespree Magazine

“A page-turning thriller…this survival tale with a high-tech twist will pull you right in.”—Suspense Magazine

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I'm stranded on Mars.

I have no way to communicate with Earth.

I'm in a Habitat designed to last 31 days.

If the Oxygenator breaks down, I'll suffocate. If the Water Reclaimer breaks down, I'll die of thirst. If the Hab breaches, I'll just kind of explode. If none of those things happen, I'll eventually run out of food and starve to death.

So yeah. I'm screwed.

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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • "Brilliant . . . a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many years . . . Utterly compelling."-The Wall Street Journal

The inspiration for the major motion picture

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?

NAMED ONE OF PASTE'S BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE

"A hugely entertaining novel [that] reads like a rocket ship afire . . . Weir has fashioned in Mark Watney one of the most appealing, funny, and resourceful characters in recent fiction."-Chicago Tribune

"As gripping as they come . . . You'll be rooting for Watney the whole way, groaning at every setback and laughing at his pitchblack humor. Utterly nail-biting and memorable."-Financial Times

Über die Autorenschaft und weitere Mitwirkende

Andy Weir built a career as a software engineer until the success of his first published novel, The Martian, allowed him to live out his dream of writing fulltime. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects such as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. He also mixes a mean cocktail. He lives in California.

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Chapter 1

LOG ENTRY: SOL 6

I’m pretty much fucked.

That’s my considered opinion.

Fucked.

Six days into what should be the greatest two months of my life, and it’s turned into a nightmare.

I don’t even know who’ll read this. I guess someone will find it eventually. Maybe a hundred years from now.

For the record . . . I didn’t die on Sol 6. Certainly the rest of the crew thought I did, and I can’t blame them. Maybe there’ll be a day of national mourning for me, and my Wikipedia page will say, “Mark Watney is the only human being to have died on Mars.”

And it’ll be right, probably. ’Cause I’ll surely die here. Just not on Sol 6 when everyone thinks I did.

Let’s see . . . where do I begin?

The Ares Program. Mankind reaching out to Mars to send people to another planet for the very first time and expand the horizons of humanity blah, blah, blah. The Ares 1 crew did their thing and came back heroes. They got the parades and fame and love of the world.

Ares 2 did the same thing, in a different location on Mars. They got a firm handshake and a hot cup of coffee when they got home.

Ares 3. Well, that was my mission. Okay, not mine per se. Commander Lewis was in charge. I was just one of her crew. Actually, I was the very lowest ranked member of the crew. I would only be “in command” of the mission if I were the only remaining person.

What do you know? I’m in command.

I wonder if this log will be recovered before the rest of the crew die of old age. I presume they got back to Earth all right. Guys, if you’re reading this: It wasn’t your fault. You did what you had to do. In your position I would have done the same thing. I don’t blame you, and I’m glad you survived.

I guess I should explain how Mars missions work, for any layman who may be reading this. We got to Earth orbit the normal way, through an ordinary ship to Hermes. All the Ares missions use Hermes to get to and from Mars. It’s really big and cost a lot so NASA built only one.

Once we got to Hermes, four additional unmanned missions brought us fuel and supplies while we prepared for our trip. Once everything was a go, we set out for Mars. But not very fast. Gone are the days of heavy chemical fuel burns and trans-Mars injection orbits.

Hermes is powered by ion engines. They throw argon out the back of the ship really fast to get a tiny amount of acceleration. The thing is, it doesn’t take much reactant mass, so a little argon (and a nuclear reactor to power things) let us accelerate constantly the whole way there. You’d be amazed at how fast you can get going with a tiny acceleration over a long time.

I could regale you with tales of how we had great fun on the trip, but I won’t. I don’t feel like reliving it right now. Suffice it to say we got to Mars 124 days later without strangling each other.

From there, we took the MDV (Mars descent vehicle) to the surface. The MDV is basically a big can with some light thrusters and parachutes attached. Its sole purpose is to get six humans from Mars orbit to the surface without killing any of them.

And now we come to the real trick of Mars exploration: having all of our shit there in advance.

A total of fourteen unmanned missions deposited everything we would need for surface operations. They tried their best to land all the supply vessels in the same general area, and did a reasonably good job. Supplies aren’t nearly so fragile as humans and can hit the ground really hard. But they tend to bounce around a lot.

Naturally, they didn’t send us to Mars until they’d confirmed that all the supplies had made it to the surface and their containers weren’t breached. Start to finish, including supply missions, a Mars mission takes about three years. In fact, there were Ares 3 supplies en route to Mars while the Ares 2 crew were on their way home.

The most important piece of the advance supplies, of course, was the MAV. The Mars ascent vehicle. That was how we would get back to Hermes after surface operations were complete. The MAV was soft-landed (as opposed to the balloon bounce-fest the other supplies had). Of course, it was in constant communication with Houston, and if there had been any problems with it, we would have passed by Mars and gone home without ever landing.

The MAV is pretty cool. Turns out, through a neat set of chemical reactions with the Martian atmosphere, for every kilogram of hydrogen you bring to Mars, you can make thirteen kilograms of fuel. It’s a slow process, though. It takes twenty-four months to fill the tank. That’s why they sent it long before we got here.

You can imagine how disappointed I was when I discovered the MAV was gone.

It was a ridiculous sequence of events that led to me almost dying, and an even more ridiculous sequence that led to me surviving.

The mission is designed to handle sandstorm gusts up to 150 kph. So Houston got understandably nervous when we got whacked with 175 kph winds. We all got in our flight space suits and huddled in the middle of the Hab, just in case it lost pressure. But the Hab wasn’t the problem.

The MAV is a spaceship. It has a lot of delicate parts. It can put up with storms to a certain extent, but it can’t just get sandblasted forever. After an hour and a half of sustained wind, NASA gave the order to abort. Nobody wanted to stop a monthlong mission after only six days, but if the MAV took any more punishment, we’d all have gotten stranded down there.

We had to go out in the storm to get from the Hab to the MAV. That was going to be risky, but what choice did we have?

Everyone made it but me.

Our main communications dish, which relayed signals from the Hab to Hermes, acted like a parachute, getting torn from its foundation and carried with the torrent. Along the way, it crashed through the reception antenna array. Then one of those long thin antennae slammed into me end-first. It tore through my suit like a bullet through butter, and I felt the worst pain of my life as it ripped open my side. I vaguely remember having the wind knocked out of me (pulled out of me, really) and my ears popping painfully as the pressure of my suit escaped.

The last thing I remember was seeing Johanssen hopelessly reaching out toward me.

I awoke to the oxygen alarm in my suit. A steady, obnoxious beeping that eventually roused me from a deep and profound desire to just fucking die.

The storm had abated; I was facedown, almost totally buried in sand. As I groggily came to, I wondered why I wasn’t more dead.

The antenna had enough force to punch through the suit and my side, but it had been stopped by my pelvis. So there was only one hole in the suit (and a hole in me, of course).

I had been knocked back quite a ways and rolled down a steep hill. Somehow I landed facedown, which forced the antenna to a strongly oblique angle that put a lot of torque on the hole in the suit. It made a weak seal.

Then, the copious blood from my wound trickled down toward the hole. As the blood reached the site of the breach, the water in it quickly evaporated from the airflow and low pressure, leaving a gunky residue behind. More blood came in behind it and was also reduced to gunk. Eventually, it sealed the gaps around the hole and reduced the leak to something the suit could counteract.

The suit did its job admirably. Sensing the drop in pressure, it constantly flooded itself with air from my nitrogen tank to equalize. Once the leak became manageable, it only had to trickle new air in slowly to relieve the air...

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00FAXJHCY
Herausgeber ‏ : ‎ Ebury Digital; Media tie-in Edition (13. Februar 2014)
Sprache ‏ : ‎ Englisch
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Seitenzahl der Print-Ausgabe ‏ : ‎ 360 Seiten

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Andy Weir war bereits im Alter von fünfzehn Jahren als Programmierer und später als Softwareentwickler für diverse Computerfirmen tätig, bevor er mit seinem Roman Der Marsianer einen internationalen Megabestseller landete. Seither widmet er sich ganz dem Schreiben und beschäftigt sich in seiner Freizeit mit Physik, Mechanik und der Geschichte der bemannten Raumfahrt – Themen, die sich auch immer wieder in seinen Romanen finden. Sein Debüt Der Marsianer wurde von Starregisseur Ridley Scott brillant verfilmt.

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Perfect symbiosis of entertainment and science in this science fiction survival thriller

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On 1st of December 2014 I bought a copy of The Martian (digital, February 2014) [Kindle ASIN: B00FAXJHCY] by Andy Weir and

NON, JE NE REGRETTE RIEN!

The Martian aroused a lot of interest. Stellar reviews popped up and finally it won the GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS 2014 in the category science fiction. In the meantime there are nearly 61000 ratings with an average of 4.36 stars and nearly 11000 reviews over at GOODREADS.

Today I add my two cents.

The Delivery

The 334 pages are divided into five main parts which are subdivided into 34 consecutively numbered chapters followed by an epilogue.

Does this book deserve all the praises? I can answer the question with one word: YES!

In a case you expect criticism I must disappoint you. Instead I will try to explain why The Martian is one of the best books I read in 2014.

Mars also known as the "Red Planet" is the second smallest planet in the Solar System and it is the fourth planet from the Sun.

After the Moon the "Red Planet" is the next goal in the history of manned spaceflight.

That means so far (January 2015) no human being left his traces on Mars. The travel to Mars is still science fiction.

But thanks to several unmanned exploration missions we know a lot about the planet. Add to this the known knowledge of botany, the experience of manned spaceflight to the Moon and orbital mechanics. Based on that it should be possible to write a realistic book about a manned Mars mission.

That is what author Andy Weir delivered with The Martian. But he delivered so much more.

He gave the mission a "face" in form of astronaut Mark Watney. This strong, intelligent, humorous, flexible, smart, reflective, persistent and articulately individual is such a believable, lovable and adorable character. It is nearly impossible to deny to follow Mark Watney through thick and thin.

The cherry on the cake is to combine the realistic mission with the extraordinary character in a cast away situation.

To be the only human being on Mars with limited resources, no communication with Earth and no hope to be rescued - Only a person with the personality of Mark Watney is able to avoid the state of shock and to face fate in a most positive way.

So please visualise the situation mentally - He is alone, nobody to communicate with except himself, in matter of life and death.

In order not to go mad you need to talk to yourself and put every thought and every idea and every plan to a diary. That is the reason why the first chapters deal with a lot of explanations. I admit that I did not understand every detail but the descriptions - for example how to produce soil on Mars - made the scenery so true-to-life.

I know that there are readers who did not really like this passages. But from my point of view the story would not work without. The inventiveness of Mark Watney is impressive. That also shows why it takes a long time and endless tests to find the right persons for such a mission.

Of course Apollo 13 and Cast Away and MacGyver popped up in my mind because you each mission/person is in one way or the other included in the story. Bur these are three different stories and The Martian is just one.

It is amazing to read how Mark Watney extents and change his plans after he found a way to get oxygen, food and water on a more or less regularly base.

I admit I dropped the book and applauded when Mark found a way to communicate with Earth.

That means there are more Persons involved than in Robinson Crusoe.

With the start of communication the story continues at three different places: Mars, Earth and the spaceship on the way back to Earth.

Of course one can say that a few characters on Earth look a bit stereotype. But that did not disturb my reading pleasure.

The whole story is full of dramatic events and the final ... No, no ... you have to read the book on your in order to know what happens with Mark Watney ....

This is the best science fiction novel I read in 2014. No other book delivered a better symbiosis of entertainment and science on such a high level.

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You want science fiction with a lot of science presented in an entertaining way?

You look for a This strong, intelligent, humorous, flexible, smart, reflective, persistent, articulately and believable character?

You want to know how it is possible to survive on Mars for a certain time?

Then I recommend to read The Martian (digital, February 2014) [Kindle ASIN: B00FAXJHCY] by Andy Weir

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An astronaut seems to have a fatal accident on mars, but in fact it wasn't fatal and he suddenly finds himself alone on the planet, left for dead, while the rest of the crew are on their journey back. The next manned Mars mission is already scheduled, but how is he to survive until they arrive? Against overwhelming odds he struggles to make resources last and let earth know that he's still there.

This story is interesting in itself, but wether it's readable as a book, neither drowning in tech talk nor in the tediousness of an almost hopeless daily struggle, is quite a different question. There were several fine balances to keep.

One was the level of scientific and numerical information the reader needs or wants to have: if that is too shallow, the story won't seem authentic; too detailed, and it will be long-winded. On the whole, the author found a reasonable level here, with enough science to make the story believable, yet nothing more complicated than what a reader with a little interest in physics can follow. For my taste there are a few more numbers than necessary. No complicated math, but a lot of calculations of the type "so much of such-and-such per day is required, so many days to survive, only so much in stock - how do I make up the difference?" Some of those calculations are done several times, with varying values as the plan for survival changes. Maybe that's a bit overdone. But only a tiny bit; most of it does a good job in making the story feel very very real.

Another fine balance to keep was that of success and failure, and here I think the author did an excellent job. Of course it would be boring if everything went right, all ideas worked out as planned, and the rescue unfolded in a way that might have been foretold after the first chapter. But noone writes a book like that anymore, and I rather feared the opposite: everything going wrong, despair from beginning to end, with an unforseeable hard-to-believe hair-breadth rescue on the last three pages. But thankfully, my fear proved unfounded: it's a good, believable mixture of plans going right, plans going wrong, plans going different than expected yet not wholly wrong, accidents, good luck ... all of it recorded by the lonely Martian with sarcasm and black humor, yet under all an optimistic attitude and refusal to give up.

This last is probably what makes the book so pleasant to read. And at some points even able to move. Ah yes, about that OS boot message: read it, you'll know what I mean.

I would say this is not just for SciFi fans. For one thing hardly any of the science described is 'fictional' - as far as I can judge at least. And though the space setting provides a peculiar background and sense of loneliness, this is not primarily a space adventure but a fascinating survival story. So, I recommend this book to anyone, SciFi fan or not.

Note: I got the free digitally published version before the book got published on paper. I'm not sure wether any changes have been made since then. (Would appreciate a comment if any of you know!)

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Update: On a re-read I liked it even better and decided this is definitely five-star material!! so: updated from 4 to 5 stars. Already "knowing" the narrator from the start made all of it even more enjoyable.

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One Of My Favourite Books

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What can I say? The Martian has sold over 5 million copies in North America alone. It's a entertaining book and you won't go wrong purchasing it.

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Interesante, emocionante y de fino humor e ironía

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Better than the movie

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Better than the movie for sure, and the movie is damm good . Full of science facts on an ultimate, epic science fiction drama

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Best book I have ever read in my life, hands down. PLEASAE BUY, Feel free to ask questions!

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I would like to start this review with a note that is both a positive and a negative. I do not read any book, this is because I am never captivated and cant really empathize with the character and I never feel like I am there. But on to the review.

"About this version of the product*

The book came to me in pristine condition it was truly breath-taking how beautiful the cover is. The book is well sized and honestly this is one of if not the most beautiful and durable books I've bought. There is also a map in the beginning which is awesome since I was cross referencing it so much which made me feel very immersed.

*About the book SPOILER FREE PART*

The Martian is the most well written, funny, serious, and emotional book I have ever read. This is in part because of the amazing writing. Mark Watney is a charismatic, smart, and resourceful man. In the face of adversity he always manages to crack a witty joke that always made me chuckle or just burst out laughing (No im not psychotic, i don't think). The writing makes you really feel like you know mark which is one reason why you empathize and really feel for him.

The Atmosphere is great really selling the barren expanse and devastating loneliness of the Martian lands.
*Note: I found that using some noise cancelling headphones and playing some white noise, like the wind, really helped to sell the effect of being on mars*. After only a few pages I had a very clear picture of how it looked at the HAB and I only wish I could take a picture of my thoughts.

The story jumps between the perspectives of Mark Watney on mars, Nasa and JPL on earth, and the crew on Hermes the space station the went to and from mars on.

*General Consensus*

I should have added some photos, including my favourite quotes.

This is the best book I've read. I'm so sad its over yet so happy I've experienced it. Andy Weir is my new favourite author and i will be purchasing more of his novels no doubt. Please do yourself a favour and read this book. I cannot recommend it enough. 1000000 / 10

*LIGHT SPOILERS, what happens at the beginning*

The book is about the main character Mark Watney's journey surviving mars after being abandoned there by his crew. What happened Watney and his crew consisting of, Lewis the commander, Vogel, Beck, Martinez, and Johanssen were six days into a 52 day mission on mars where they would gather science and conduct experiments when suddenly a large storm hit. The storm was so bad they had to evacuate but on their way to the MAV (Mars Ascent Vehicle) mark is struck by debris and is lost. The crew cannot find him and assuming he is dead abort without him. Mark wakes up and makes it back to the HAB, where he will live for the next (wont spoil how long) number of sols. He has a lot of problems along the way but manages to fix them in amazingly creative ways, I mean I cannot stress enough how glued my eyes were to the pages intrigued and worried about what would happen next.

I wont spoil any more of the end because it would ruin how heart-breaking and heart-making (if that's a saying) a lot of the moments were.

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Vita su Marte ai tempi di Elon Musk

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Su consiglio di un amico, ho deciso di leggere questo libro in lingua originale, e devo dire che ne è valsa la pena.
Se si è già in possesso di un lessico tecnico base di ingegneria aerospaziale in inglese, il libro si legge abbastanza facilmente, anche per un non madrelingua come me. Se conoscenze personali e gusti sono in linea con quanto sopra, consiglio assolutamente la lettura in lingua originale.
La storia in sé non è particolarmente innovativa nei temi, ma ha il pregio di rimanere abbastanza coerente e plausibile per tutto il suo sviluppo.
Non mancano i passaggi leggeri e divertenti, anche se a volte i cambi di punto di vista fra le due storyline parallele tendono a dare un po' fastidio.
Seppur inevitabilmente impregnato di american-eroismo, le vicissitudini del protagonista mantengono un fondo di realismo, descrivendo sia pur in condizioni estreme le sfide a cui sono sottoposti quotidianamente gli astronauti attualmente (ovviamente non su Marte) e cosa può voler dire sopravvivere in condizioni aliene su un pianeta che seppur inabitato e apparentemente immoto può rivelarsi un nemico più costante e spietato dell'antagonista intelligente (vivente o artificiale) tipico di molta letteratura fantascientifica. Per chi ha visto il film omonimo, la narrazione è fedele a quella del libro per la prima metà, divergendo poi per motivi cinematografici verso il finale. Io personalmente ho trovato più convincente lo sviluppo che avviene nel libro, non per ostinazione a preferire il libro alla sua trasposizione cinematografica, bensì per gusti personali.
I recenti sviluppi della SpaceX di Elon Musk nel campo dei propulsori per esplorazione spaziale anche umana, nonché i piani dallo stesso esposti con l'obiettivo di colonizzare effettivamente il pianeta rosso nel corso dei prossimi anni, potrebbero fornirci un metro di paragone rispetto alla veridicità di quanto immaginato dall'autore, augurando comunque ai futuri esploratori e/o coloni di non trovarsi ad affrontare le stesse avventure del "marziano" protagonista di questo libro.

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