![]() ![]() I didn't think I'd have the time to - but Andy Weir's edge-of-the-seat storytelling didn't leave me any choice. Short-listed for CAMEO Awards: Book to Film Adaptation 2017Īndy Weir's masterpiece! - Tom Hanks * Twitter * Watney's gallows humour and his brushes with death as he uses every ounce of his intelligence and astronaut's training to claw his way out of the pit will have you laughing and gasping by turns. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him? Read more Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit, he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Damaged machinery, the unforgiving environment, or plain old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. ![]() 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. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. In the Young Readers 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 wa. A Young Readers Edition of the Number 1 Sunday Times bestselling phenomenon. ![]()
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