The Martian
2011 • 384 pages

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Average rating4.4

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A sci-fi book unlike any other. The level of realism and attention of detail is amazing. Granted, I suspect this might appeal to those of a certain detail-orientated state of mind, but it avoids the data dumps of some sci-fi novels. It manages to talk about the minutiae of what might be required to survive on Mars in an engaging way that adds, rather than extracts, from the excitement of the story.

May 25, 2014