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The Martian is a 2011 science fiction novel written by Andy Weir. It was his debut novel under his own name. It was originally self-published in 2011; Crown Publishing purchased the rights and re-released it in 2014. The story follows an American astronaut, Mark Watney, as he becomes stranded alone on Mars in 2035 and must improvise in order to survive.
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Contemporary, resolved, plot-driven and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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- Author
- Andy Weir
- First published
- 2011
- Pages
- 407
- Publisher
- DreamLitt, Fumax, Ebury Publishing
- Editions
- 74
- Language
- bel, French, ind, English
- ISBN
- 9789045210841
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“Здаецца, я ў срацы.”
Andy Weir built a career as a software engineer until the success of his first published novel, THE MARTIAN, allowed him to live out his dream of writing fulltime. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects such as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. He also mixes a mean cocktail. He lives in California.
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