The Martian

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Andy Weir: The Martian (EBook, Portuguese language, 2014, Editora Arqueiro)

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Portuguese language

Published July 6, 2014 by Editora Arqueiro.

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978-85-8041-336-6
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4 stars (7 reviews)

Há seis dias, o astronauta Mark Watney se tornou a décima sétima pessoa a pisar em Marte. E, provavelmente, será a primeira a morrer no planeta vermelho.

Depois de uma forte tempestade de areia, a missão Ares 3 é abortada e a tripulação vai embora, certa de que Mark morreu em um terrível acidente.

Ao despertar, ele se vê completamente sozinho, ferido e sem ter como avisar às pessoas na Terra que está vivo. E, mesmo que conseguisse se comunicar, seus mantimentos terminariam anos antes da chegada de um possível resgate.

Ainda assim, Mark não está disposto a desistir. Munido de nada além de curiosidade e de suas habilidades de engenheiro e botânico – e um senso de humor inabalável –, ele embarca numa luta obstinada pela sobrevivência.

Para isso, será o primeiro homem a plantar batatas em Marte e, usando uma genial mistura de cálculos e fita adesiva, vai …

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I went in with the understanding this was a book about a bunch of whatif science problems so enjoyed it. The author did a good job of keeping things moving forward without getting too bogged down in detail. The structure of the story meant the protagonist was maybe the most upbeat superhuman I’ve met so it there was no emotional stakes but that was by design.

reviewed The Martian by Andy Weir (The Martian, #1)

No time for feelings; gotta survive

4 stars

Content warning Minor spoilers about character-building

reviewed The Martian by Andy Weir

Fun read.

4 stars

And probably at least semi realistic? Didn't like it as much as Project Hail Mary by the same author. This sorta read as a sequence of "oh crap, another thing went wrong" problems, followed by solutions. I'm certain this is realistic - or even still overly optimistic, given what they were surviving through - but kinda made for an overly long, repetitive narrative. I suspect this is part of why they cut some of these out of the movie (and to save time, but also it got repetitive). Nevertheless, a fun read if you enjoy sci-fi that sticks close to contemporary science.