"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
08/22/2014 at 19:32 • Filed to: Books
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"f86sabre" (f86sabre)
08/22/2014 at 19:32 • Filed to: Books | 0
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Go get this book and read it now. Entertaining, well written and technically interesting. I had a flight from Christchurch to Singapore and spent the entire time with this book. Good stuff.
Anon
> f86sabre
08/22/2014 at 19:33 |
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Can you give us a quick review?
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f86sabre
> Anon
08/22/2014 at 19:44 |
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Without being spoilery here we go: a Mars mission is forced to abort due to a storm that threatens their launch vehicle. In the rush to the ship one of the crew is injured and presumed dead. He is left behind and when he comes to he finds that he is the only person on the planet. He really wants to get home and he uses every bit of training he has to try and make it happen.
Tekamul
> f86sabre
08/22/2014 at 20:03 |
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I thought this book was fantastic, but I feel like he left out one major aspect of it.
*SPOILERS*
Being alone for so long would have a heavy psychological impact, but it was never touched.
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Anon
> f86sabre
08/22/2014 at 21:13 |
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Sounds interesting! I'll add it to the "to read" list!
Jayhawk Jake
> f86sabre
08/22/2014 at 21:38 |
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Seconded, I read it a month ago, loved every minute.
Movie is in the works with Matt Damon Mark Watney, directed by Ridley Scott
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Jayhawk Jake
> Tekamul
08/22/2014 at 21:39 |
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I disagree that it wasn't touched. He did the whole diary thing to deal with it then expressed excitement at being able to talk to anyone at one point.
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f86sabre
> Tekamul
08/23/2014 at 00:17 |
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they also mention early on all the psych evals they put them through.
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Tekamul
> f86sabre
08/23/2014 at 08:02 |
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I thought the psych eval was a cop out. I don't care who you are, that long alone that isolated is going to lead to more serious issues.
As a science fiction book, I felt like that was by far the biggest stretch. He did a great job making everything else as near future as possible.