If you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard anything about this book or its subsequent film, I’ll briefly summarize it for you. The Martian is the story of Mark Watney, an astronaut on the Ares 3 which is part of a series of manned missions to Mars. Due to an unfortunate series of events, Mark is left stranded on Mars when is crew believes he is dead. The ensuing novel is Mark’s efforts to stay alive until he can be rescued. Mark is […]
The comfort of the familiar
This book is, in many ways, a by-the-numbers murder mystery. The killing begins early in the book and most of the characters in the book are determined to believe one particular person has committed them. However, in the end, a tenacious group of misfits put their heads together to find the real culprit. They risk their lives in the process but eventually everyone gets their comeuppance (uh..spoiler?). What draws me back to these stories is not necessarily a new story but the innovative ways they […]
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