Name: The Martian
Rating: 4.362581063553827 (1542 reviews)
ISBN: 9780804139021

Andy Weir

Stranded on Mars by a dust storm that compromised his space suit and forced his crew to leave him behind, astronaut Watney struggles to survive in spite of minimal supplies and harsh environmental challenges that test his ingenuity in unique ways. A first novel.

A Novel

The Martian

In the Classroom Edition of The Martian: Classroom-appropriate language Discussion questions and activities Q&A with Andy Weir 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?

The Martian: Classroom Edition

okay so i do not know why it’s not letting me put anything but the classroom edition on here I READ THE BIG BOY EDITION!! anyways 

probably my favorite book of all time?? i own a paperback of this that has seen some shit because i’ve read it over 20 times

something about the mixture of how mark talks to himself combined with real world science and explanations, and the entire HAB fabric manufacturing sequence??? holy SHIT that’s my absolute jam. big fan of the (.Y.) joke also thank you mark watney 

half a star removed because i wanted more nerd talk!! give me more equations give me more chemistry and engineering and numbers GIVE ME MORE!!!! this is the book that made kid me want to work at NASA!!! give me more numbers!!!!!

A Russell

okay so i do not know why it’s not letting me put anything but the classroom edition on here I READ THE BIG BOY EDITION!! anyways 

probably my favorite book of all time?? i own a paperback of this that has seen some shit because i’ve read it over 20 times

something about the mixture of how mark talks to himself combined with real world science and explanations, and the entire HAB fabric manufacturing sequence??? holy SHIT that’s my absolute jam. big fan of the (.Y.) joke also thank you mark watney 

half a star removed because i wanted more nerd talk!! give me more equations give me more chemistry and engineering and numbers GIVE ME MORE!!!! this is the book that made kid me want to work at NASA!!! give me more numbers!!!!!

Phil

Kept me on the edge of my seat. Really enjoyed it.

Henry Sorensen

I’ve been working on this book for a loooong while now. A couple of years tbh. It’s good, and Andy Weir certainly deserves the hype and attention for this book.In terms of cons, I couldn’t help but feel like the ending was a little anticlimactic and some of the issues he experienced at the end felt a little contrived. The science also gets a little dense at times and I regularly had my eyes gloss over with disinterest as I skimmed through the sciencey explanation. I do understand, however, that the hard science is the whole point of the book; it just wasn’t for me.Overall, good book! Kinda think the movie improved on it in a lot of ways, but I also saw the movie first almost a decade ago so I’m biased.

Rhian Davies

Gaston Tonietti

What a great book, loved it!<br />If you ask me I think every astronaut should carry a copy during missions, at least for inspiration, just in case :-P<br />Also, the movie did a great job with the adaptation.

Jennifer

I really enjoyed this book! There was a lot of math and physics that I didn't understand/want to concentrate on, so that's why I rated it 4 out of 5. It wouldn't be fair to rate it the same as another book where I understood and felt everything. Great, uplifting story. Gives me faith in humanity.

wasn't as bad as I thought it'd be and it's definitely readable and entertaining. 90% of this book is math equations and people Doing things but none of it is actually necessary to read. i'm confident if you skipped every 2 sentences you wouldn't have missed a thing. writing style is an abomination until we stop reading about the martian guy. book humor requires more intellectual thought than the author wants to give so we have sarcastic one liners to entertain us Literally the whole way through. im dragging this hard but I Did get through it and I Did enjoy at least some of it so again. it's not That bad

vindhya

El marciano

No recuerdo exactamente cómo llegué a este libro, pero lo amé, amé a su protagonista y todo lo que hizo para vivir 

Jazmín Mejía

In the Classroom Edition of The Martian: Classroom-appropriate language Discussion questions and activities Q&A with Andy Weir 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?

Kamesh Vedula

** spoiler alert **
           The story was superb. The author made it very easy to read. All that I felt it was lacking was a little more at the end. Would have been nice to get information on what happens to Mark once he is back on Earth and how his life has changed since his experience.

Moffatt Clarke

Fantastic and fabulous. Hung on every word. Great story. Hugely entertaining. Makes me now aware of ingenuity and hope beyond all hope.

Pratik M

First time reading a book after I saw the movie. It was still a great read. Geeky and thrilling to the last page.

I could say this was an insprng tale of hope and humanity etc etc. But what's sticking with me is that I just really

elizabeth

I could say this was an insprng tale of hope and humanity etc etc. But what's sticking with me is that I just really enjoyed reading this. I had fun.

Paula Plaza Ponte 

Props to Andy Weir for keeping this non-science person kind of fall in love with Science and space. There were some time leaps in the story and strange craft moves that left me kind of wanting for more but I get it...a really cool botanist engineer is stuck in Mars with such an intense will to live AND the entire world kind of stops to save him... in the end, that was enough. I serioulsy can't wait to see the movie. Anyway, many of you will like this book, I think. Between all the science geekiness, the pace, the problem solving and Watney's quirky personality, you're in for an interesting ride. :)

Lovro Oreskovic

This is a really great to read book. Go and read it before they make a movie out of it.

The Martian A Novel

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