During a manned mission to Mars, Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead after a fierce storm and left behind by his crew. But Watney has survived and finds himself stranded and alone on the hostile planet. With only meager supplies, he must draw upon his ingenuity, wit and spirit to subsist and find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive. Millions of miles away, NASA and a team of international scientists work tirelessly to bring "the Martian" home, while his crewmates concurrently plot a daring, if not impossible, rescue mission. As these stories of incredible bravery unfold, the world comes together to root for Watney's safe return. CLICK "OFFICIAL TRAILER" TO VIEW MORE.
The Martian
Product Info
Hardcover: 369 pages
Publisher: Crown (11 February 2014)
Language: English
Genre: Science Fiction
Editors' Review
Grounded in real, present-day science from the first page to the last, yet propelled by a brilliantly ingenious plot that surprises the reader again and again, The Martian is a truly remarkable thriller: an impossible-to-put-down suspense novel that manages to read like a real-life survival tale.
Author
Andy Weir
Andy Taylor Weir (born June 16, 1972) is an American novelist whose debut novel, The Martian, was later adapted into a film of the same name directed by Ridley Scott in 2015. He also worked as a computer programmer for much of his life. He currently lives in Mountain View, California, in a rented two-bedroom maisonette. Since he has a deep fear of flying, he never visited the set of the film adaptation of The Martian in Budapest, where most of the scenes set on Mars were shot at Korda Studios. In 2015, with the help of therapy and medication, he was able to fly to Houston to visit the Johnson Space Center, and to San Diego to attend Comic-Con.
Winning Awards
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (2013)
California Book Award Gold Medal for Fiction (2012)
Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction (2013)
The Rooster - The Morning News Tournament of Books (2013)
Seiun Award for Best Novel (2015)
John W. Campbell Memorial Award Nominee for Best Novel (2015) Audie Award for Science Fiction (2015)
ALA Alex Award (2015)
Japanese Booksellers Award Nominee for Translated Fiction (2015)
Green Mountain Book Award Nominee (2016)
