The Martian is a book written by author Andy Weir and published by Crown Publishing group. But before that he published his book on amazon for 99 cents per copy where it then sold 35,000 copies in 3 months on the site alone. Before that however he had the book available on his website on a chapter by chapter basis for free. In my opinion The Martian is a book that should be read by both science fiction enthusiasts and fans of just general fiction since it delivers a thrilling and suspenseful story about astronaut Mark Watney and his time trapped on mars. The Martian is a story about astronaut Mark Watney who is both a botanist and mechanical engineer must survive the hostile environment of mars after his crew left him there. After Mark gets over the realization that he’s alone on mars and no one is coming to get him for a while he tries to find a way to survive on mars. He does this by attempting to grow plants in mars soil but at first has some minor difficulties with his plan. This includes mars not being hospitable planet which is why nothing grows there already, so he has to figure out a way to grow food with the planet's soil fortunately because he is a botanist this isn't too terribly difficult. While he is trying to figure out how to live on mars his crew is on their several month journey back to earth where everyone believes him to be dead. After mark realizes that he has to wait several years before the next manned mission to mars he sets out to find a way to communicate with nasa back on earth. Mark discovers an old mars drone and uses that to communicate with nasa and sets up a plan to extend his food supply until the next manned mission to mars. Eventually after months of planning mark meets up with his crew above mars’ atmosphere and then proceeds to go back to earth. As mentioned in my thesis mark’s journey is full of suspense and thrills mainly because space is not very kind and can be brutal as well as unpredictable. For example mark is left on mars because of a random storm on mars that forces the crew to evacuate. Similar books to the martian include “Ready Player one” which is about a dystopian future where people are trapped in a matrix and virtual reality simulation of life. While it doesn’t take place on mars it is about a character who is forced to use his brain more than his brawn in various situation like mark watney. In conclusion the martian is a thrilling sci-fi adventure that will have readers on the edge of their seat rooting for Mark Watney as he tries to overcome the odds of surviving for several months alone on a planet not suitable to support life.
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Do you like space? The solar system? Mars? How about this have you ever wondered what it’d be like to be stranded on the distant planet of Mars alone for over a year with only a limited amount of supplies and having to create a lot of your own supplies and resources? One man named Mark Watney apart of the Ares 3 mission to mars had to do just that while waiting for a rescue plan to be formed and for that plan to actually be performed in the novel The Martian by Andy Weir. I thought this was a very interesting, entertaining, and well written book by Mr. Weir and I would recommend this book to anyone especially teenagers interested in space and Mars. The main character in this novel Mark Watney is part of the Ares 3 mission to mars. Watney and his team were forced to leave Mars when a major storm was passing and threatening there safety there. On their escape Watney was unfortunately hit by debris and his team was forced to evacuate without him and he was left there alone. Watney woke after the storm and somehow survived and after the shock set in Watney soon started to think instead of panic which would ultimately end up saving his life. What Watney started to do was take an inventory and gather his supplies to start being able to succeed on this harsh planet. Some of the things he starts doing is botany (producing food and vegetables), fire (to get water from condensation), and fertilizer with his own feces. As he stayed there longer and longer he started getting more and more advanced and eventually was able to communicate with others. Watney also experiences hardships as he loses everything many times. Through all of this you see Watney’s perseverance, patience, even his humor joking around with the others on the space station, and finally his will to live. I think this book was a very well written book and I would recommend it to almost anyone. While reading this book I enjoyed every part of it and had real trouble putting it down. It is incredibly difficult to put this book down all the way from when he wakes up after the storm till he’s floating in space trying to be rescued by his Ares 3 team. One of my favorite part of this book is when he finally has everything and everything is going well for him then there is a breach and everything get ruined. This is my favorite part of the book because you can see how fast something could change from being great to absolutely terrible. Another reason why this is my favorite is because after everything goes bad you don’t see Watney give up you see his perseverance and his will to survive kick in and he doesn’t give up on trying to get off of this planet alive. Another other work of Weir’s includes The Egg. The Egg was a short story by Weir and was his most popular short story yet. Andy Weir one many awards for the book The Martian including the Goodreads Choice Awards Best Science Fiction. Andy Weir is a very talented up and coming author as well. The Martian by Andy Weir overall was a completely magnificent book and I would recommend it to almost anyone. The way Weir portrays Watney and the trouble he’s in is amazing. What’s even better is how Weir shows you that Watney and you could overcome anything you could ever want if you just put your mind to it and when you fail just keep trying to eventually get what you want. This book written by Weir was such an entertaining and interesting book for teenagers and adults. If I were to rate this book out of 10 stars I would simply give it a 10 because of how good it is. |
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