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Över 20 000 femstjärniga läsarrecensioner i USA nu kommer den internationella science fiction-succén äntligen på svenska! Efter en misslyckad rymdexpedition lämnas Mark Watney ensam kvar på Mars. Hans besättning är övertygad om att han är död, men Mark Watney lever i alla fall för tillfället. Utan möjlighet att kunna kommunicera sin belägenhet med jorden inser han snart att han måste utnyttja alla sina kunskaper för att överleva. Utrustad med en stor portion skarpsinne, och en ännu större dos humor, ger sig Mark Watney i kast med att utmana den röda planetens ogästvänliga miljö med målet att en dag kunna återvända hem. I höst går filmatiseringen av romanen i regi av Ridley Scott och med Matt Damon i rollen som Mark Watney upp på världens biografer. "Ensam på Mars är bland de mest fängslande ensamhetsskildringar jag läst" - Hanna Fahl, Dagens Nyheter "Den bästa science fiction-romanen på flera år!" - The Wall Street Journal [Elib]… (mer)
sboyte: One is fiction and one is nonfiction, but the subject matter is similar and I think both will appeal to anyone who enjoys science with a dash of humor.
rakerman: In The Mysterious Island, a small group lands on an island with no technology other than a watch and proceed to rebuild Victorian industrial civilization. The scientific details of creating each new device and system are carefully described. In The Martian, similar care is taken to describe the modified systems and devices needed to sustain the astronaut on Mars.… (mer)
g33kgrrl: Disaster hits and you have to engineer the impossible in a low-resource setting. In Kowal's book, it's getting a habitable off-world environment using 1950s tech before earth becomes unlivable. Highly recommended.
CGlanovsky: Both are extensively researched, mathematically-grounded descriptions of kluged solutions to "real-world" problems by web comic authors with backgrounds in STEM careers.
dClauzel: Deux histoires autour du voyage vers Mars : comment y aller, et aussi comment en repartir. Problématiques scientifiques, difficultés d’ingénierie, et troubles politiques.
electronicmemory: Andy Weir and James S. A. Corey met at a book signing and agreed that The Expanse series and The Martian set in the same time-line. So, if you're a fan of The Martian and want to find out what happened after Mars was colonized, read Leviathan Wakes. If you're a fan of The Expanse series, and want to read about the very first Martian colonist, read The Martian.
For proof, check a 3 Oct 2015 tweet by @JamesSACorey for confirmation. One of The Expanse books also references a Martian ship named the 'Mark Watney'.… (mer)
I was absolutely sure i would love this book, abandoned engineer on mars fighting for survival and all that. But it just didn't work for me, just a series of 'oh gigantic problem' -> 'i will solve this with ingenious idea X'. It reminded me of a thought experiment like 'you are to be dropped off in the desert and you can take 5 things with you, what will it be?' converted into a book. Well, maybe i will like the movie.... oh wait, Matt Damon? ( )
Well-conceived and very enjoyable - had me hooked to the end. The technical aspects of the story are a nice touch, but the hook for the entire book was Watney's impeccable sense of humor. Highly recommended for those interested in science, space travel, or a good old adventure story. ( )
I thoroughly enjoyed reading about all the problems, major and subtle, and how the main guy creatively addressed each. Also, dry, sarcastic humor is the best. ( )
Quick easy beach read. Once I got over the basic inaccuracies ("If the Hab breaches, I'll just kind of explode", p.7), it turned out as a basic, Robinson Crusoe-esque adventure story. ( )
Plus: partea de jurnal e foarte bine realizată, scrisă natural, reușește să contureze bine un personaj și să-l facă agreabil. Totul e realism și concret 100%. În general captivantă. Cam 4/5 pentru că după 2/3 deja m-am plictisit și am citit din inerție. Poate prea multă chimie/fizică totuși. Minus: partea de la NASA e prost scrisă: personajele nu sunt creionate destul, nu au motivații, interacționează stângaci. 2/5 Era un roman mai bună fără ea, doar cu jurnalul. ( )
The Martian is technically a “hard science fiction” book – a subgenre of science fiction so firmly rooted in science that the story wouldn’t work without it. And certainly, Weir’s first work is science-heavy; he even mentioned in an interview that the book was an exercise in whether he could make a fictional narrative out of the scientific premise of the novel. The answer, obviously, is “yes,” and The Martian is an intriguing exercise in the way that science itself can create plot.
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For Mom who calls me "Pickle," and Dad, who calls me "Dude."
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Also, I have duct tape. Ordinary duct tape, like you buy at a hardware store. Turns out even NASA can't improve on duct tape.
I need to ask myself, "What would an Apollo astronaut do?" He'd drink three whiskey sours, drive his Corvette to the launchpad, then fly to the moon in a command module smaller than my Rover. Man, those guys were cool.
Yes, of course duct tape works in a near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and should be worshipped.
As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation.
It's true, you know. In space, no one can hear you scream like a little girl.
Teddy swiveled his chair and looked out the windows to the sky beyond. Night was edging in. "What must it be like?" he pondered. "He's stuck out there. He thinks he's totally alone and that we all gave up on him. What kind of effect does that have on a man's psychology?"
He turned back to Venkat. "I wonder what he's thinking right now."
LOG ENTRY: SOL 61
How come Aquaman can control whales? They're mammals! Makes no sense.
Venkat pinched the bridge of his nose. "How could we overlook this?"
Chuck shrugged. "Never occurred to us. We never thought someone would be on Mars without an MAV."
"I mean, come on!" Morris said. "What are the odds?"
Chuck turned to him. "One in three, based on empirical data. That's pretty bad if you think about it."
After setting up the solar panels today, I went for a little walk. I never left sight of the rover; the last thing I want to do is get lost on foot. But I couldn’t stomach crawling back into that cramped, smelly rat’s nest. Not right away. It’s a strange feeling. Everywhere I go. I’m the first. Step outside to rover? First guy ever to be there! Climb a hill? First guy to climb that hill! Kick a rock? That rock hadn’t moved in a million years! I’m the first guy to drive long-distance on Mars. The first guy to spend more than thirty-one sols on Mars. The first guy to grow crops on Mars. First, first, first! I wasn’t expecting to be first at anything. I was the fifth crewman out of the MDV when we landed, making me the seventeenth person to set foot on Mars. The egress order had been determined years earlier. A month before launch, we all got tattoos of our “ Mars numbers” Johanssen almost refused to get her “15” because she was afraid it would hurt. Here’s a woman who had survived the centrifuge, the vomit comet, hard-landing drills and 10k runs. A woman who fixed a simulated MDV computer failure while being spun around upside-down. But she was afraid of a tattoo needle. Man, I miss those guys. Jesus Christ, I’d give anything for a five-minute conversation with anyone. Anyone, anywhere. About anything. I’ m the first person to be alone on an entire planet. Okay, enough moping. I am having a conversation with someone: whoever reads this log. It’s a bit one-sided but it’ll have to do. I might die, but damn it, someone will know what I had to say. And the whole point of this trip is to get a radio. I could be reconnected with mankind before I even die. So here’s another first: Tomorrow I’ll be the first person to recover a Mars probe.
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Över 20 000 femstjärniga läsarrecensioner i USA nu kommer den internationella science fiction-succén äntligen på svenska! Efter en misslyckad rymdexpedition lämnas Mark Watney ensam kvar på Mars. Hans besättning är övertygad om att han är död, men Mark Watney lever i alla fall för tillfället. Utan möjlighet att kunna kommunicera sin belägenhet med jorden inser han snart att han måste utnyttja alla sina kunskaper för att överleva. Utrustad med en stor portion skarpsinne, och en ännu större dos humor, ger sig Mark Watney i kast med att utmana den röda planetens ogästvänliga miljö med målet att en dag kunna återvända hem. I höst går filmatiseringen av romanen i regi av Ridley Scott och med Matt Damon i rollen som Mark Watney upp på världens biografer. "Ensam på Mars är bland de mest fängslande ensamhetsskildringar jag läst" - Hanna Fahl, Dagens Nyheter "Den bästa science fiction-romanen på flera år!" - The Wall Street Journal [Elib]
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