The Martian

what can I say?

one of the very few times a movie was better than a book.

How did this make it into the book?

“...We have enough food left to feed six people for a month. If I was the only one, it would last six months. With a reduced diet I could stretch it to nine. But it'll be seventeen months before I get back.”
“So how would you survive?”
“The supplies wouldn't be the only source of food,” she said.

the book was painful. fiction is something that makes me relax, this book is a full-fledged science fiasco. even scientists have feelings. You're telling me a man on mars doesn't share his feelings? ... beyond him wanting to bond with a Martian goddess?

Venkat is a Hindu, as we're so often reminded when he refers to his gods. is that all that is there to him?

what's Annie's characteristics? she's dumb and she swears.

it's a pretty one-dimensional book, with the only dimension being all science, no substance.