moftasa reviewed The Martian by Andy Weir
Loved it!
5 stars
Really good 👍
Ebook, 369 pages
English language
Published July 10, 2017 by Broadway Books.
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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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?
Source: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/234102/the-martian-by-andy-weir/9780804139038
Really good 👍
Probably boring if you're not interested in the technical problems involved in being stranded on Mars as those make up most of the book but for someone like me who is interested in the exploration of Mars and everything to do with space in general this is a great hard Sci-Fi story set in the near future.
The writing could be much better, I wish there was more of backstory to how Watney became a person able to survive so well in a situation like this (nothing really explains it to me) and not everything is beliveable to me but the overall concept and most of the details are solid. Wil Wheaton's narration of the audiobook edition was good but not perfect.
I started this book on the subway home from work, continued reading over dinner, and finished it that night in bed. It's griping, the science is solid, and it's about as close to "hard sci-fi" as you can get. The movie is also quite enjoyable.
Divertido e nerdy, adorei!
Divertido e nerdy, adorei!
读完这本书是几年以前的事了,我记得我是在Kindle上读的,也记得读到(.Y.)时的大笑不止。主角乐观幽默的性格让整个旅程都相当有趣。
Excellent Reread
This book is the log written by Mark Watney as he tries to survive on Mars with no way of going home or even contacting home.
If you like a lot of science in your fiction, you will most certainly finish this book in no time. It's thrilling, it's interesting, it's not very psychological, but you'll keep turning those pages to find out what happens next.
I haven't seen the movie, so I can't compare, however I wonder how this particular writing style transfers to the big screen.
Je ne sais pas ce que j'ai, en ce moment, j'ai l'impression de lire de plutôt bons livres.
Et celui-ci en est un excellent exemple.
Je ne vais pas vous faire l'affront d'un résumé, puisque le titre a l'avantage de raconter toute l'histoire en trois mots. En bonus, vous avez difficilement pu échapper au bulldozer publicitaire du film. Donc vous j'imagine que vous connaissez l'histoire de Mark Wattney, seul sur Mars.
Et ce qui est assez exceptionnel à propos de ce roman, c'est que j'avais vu sur twitter un message qui disait "Alone on Mars is Mc Gyver meets Apollo 13". J'ai aimé Mc Gyver. J'ai aimé Apollo 13. Alors comment je pouvais ne pas aimer ce livre ?
Parce que franchement, tout y est.
Déja, vous avez un personnage incroyable : Mark Wattney a un humour qui l'aide à se sortir de sa situation incroyablement périlleuse, ainsi que des …
Je ne sais pas ce que j'ai, en ce moment, j'ai l'impression de lire de plutôt bons livres.
Et celui-ci en est un excellent exemple.
Je ne vais pas vous faire l'affront d'un résumé, puisque le titre a l'avantage de raconter toute l'histoire en trois mots. En bonus, vous avez difficilement pu échapper au bulldozer publicitaire du film. Donc vous j'imagine que vous connaissez l'histoire de Mark Wattney, seul sur Mars.
Et ce qui est assez exceptionnel à propos de ce roman, c'est que j'avais vu sur twitter un message qui disait "Alone on Mars is Mc Gyver meets Apollo 13". J'ai aimé Mc Gyver. J'ai aimé Apollo 13. Alors comment je pouvais ne pas aimer ce livre ?
Parce que franchement, tout y est.
Déja, vous avez un personnage incroyable : Mark Wattney a un humour qui l'aide à se sortir de sa situation incroyablement périlleuse, ainsi que des capacités techniques indubitables. Honnêtement, même si il explique d'une façon très agréablement didactique toutes ses actions, il y a une ou deux choses que j'ai trouvé difficilement réalisables (la création de ses 600 litres d'eau était ... dangereuse). En revanche, au moment de la créaion de sa camionette, j'ai eu l'impression que j'aurais pu faire mieux (oui, dans mon canapé).
En plus de ce personnage emblématique, l'action est intelligement distribuée entre la Terre, mars, et le vaisseau spatial qui fait autobus longue portée.
Enfin, et peut-être surtout, l'écriture de ce roman porte tout ça avec un talent assez formidable, de mon point de vue.
En effet, on alterne entre un journal écrit à la première personne et, à certains moments bien choisis (et dépendant de l'état de la radio du bord), les tentatives plus ou moins intelligentes de la Terre pour l'aider. De ce point de vue, l'envoi loupé d'un cargo, avec la liquéfaction des provisions, m'a paru un chef d'oeuvre d'écriture technique accessible. Typiquement, ce passage (ainsi que tous ceux des bricolages de Wattney), pourrait former une excellente base pour des cours multidisciplinaires (français, techno, physique, chimie) au collège (et je ne dis pas ça parce que je "fréquente" un tel établissement.
Honnêtement, si vous aimez la littérature "nasaiste" bien écrite, ce roman est pour vous. Vraiment, un très bon roman.
книжка цікаво починається, фінал трохи пріснуватий. фільм емоційніший, варто дивитися.
How did this novel keep my attention the way it did? I don't know. In fact, I started this novel with some trepidation because I am not a math and science geek. This story is one tough problem solving task after another, and it's all over my head. And yet--Mark Watney, in his humor-spiked journal, kept me rapt. Perhaps it reminded me of Sherlock Holmes's deductions. Those are a bit easier to follow, but often contain a scientific element. I doubt Arthur Conan Doyle wrote as many deductions or solved as many problems in all his books combined as Andy Weir wrote for this one spare story!
I am so glad that I had not heard how this story ends before finishing it! Boy, was I on the edge of my seat....
Highly recommended!
This is one of the best books I've read. The subject is fascinating, the characters are engaging - particularly Mark Watney. I had to regularly remind myself that this was not a retelling of actual events and that these people are fictional.
I won't lie, I did tend to zone out a touch during some of the longer scientific passages but they only made the story feel more real. I can only imagine the insane amount of research that went into this book.
In addition to the fantastic writing, the extremely engaging story, and the great character portrayals, the narrator did a stellar job of bringing it all together.
First of all I have to say, I love Mark Watney. I love how funny, ironic, positive and just how so damn real he felt. And oh boy, how many things he had to go through! Unbelievable! I love how I was glued to the book, one dangerous and exciting thing after the other happening all the time... And how Mark made me smile in his attempts to make us readers smile. I loved it, loved it. He made me happy when he was trying to be happy being in the crappy situation of being fucked in another planet. In Mars for such a ridiculous amount of time! God, imagine if that happened to someone for real. I'd want to kiss that someone afterwards. Poor Mark who never got too many girls, now with this HUGE thing happening to him, that would surely change.
And I loved everyone in the …
First of all I have to say, I love Mark Watney. I love how funny, ironic, positive and just how so damn real he felt. And oh boy, how many things he had to go through! Unbelievable! I love how I was glued to the book, one dangerous and exciting thing after the other happening all the time... And how Mark made me smile in his attempts to make us readers smile. I loved it, loved it. He made me happy when he was trying to be happy being in the crappy situation of being fucked in another planet. In Mars for such a ridiculous amount of time! God, imagine if that happened to someone for real. I'd want to kiss that someone afterwards. Poor Mark who never got too many girls, now with this HUGE thing happening to him, that would surely change.
And I loved everyone in the crew, too. Beck with his cute crush on Johannssen, who was very cute herself, Vogel being the German guy, Martinez being the hot guy, and Lewis trying to keep everything together. Also, Venkat who was awesome at his job and Teddy who tried his best and Mitch who actually did things. Oh, I'm in love with them all for having pulled such a huge deed for Watney.
I can't believe how the ending made me smile so damn much, I was so damn happy!
Equal parts space thriller and science procedural, The Martian is an entertaining read.
Freaking loved every page of it!