Comments on: The Martian by Andy Weir https://emilyromrell.com/the-martian-by-andy-weir/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-martian-by-andy-weir Tue, 30 Mar 2021 23:39:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 By: Jerald Brewer (JAB) https://emilyromrell.com/the-martian-by-andy-weir/#comment-523 Tue, 18 Aug 2015 18:32:40 +0000 https://eclecticreadingroom.wordpress.com/?p=294#comment-523 This book reminded me so much of Tom Wolfe’s classic “The Right Stuff” & Mike Mullane’s under-read “Riding Rockets” (think “The Right Stuff” of the space shuttle program) &, of course, Jim Lovell’s Apollo 13 memoir “Lost Moon”. “The Martian” is fiction but it plays like REAL LIFE –that it is actually happening.
There is this “don’t whine & get things done” mentality to it. Watney’s gonna die on Mars anyway so why not have a few laughs before he checks out to ECU (the “eternal care unit”)? This mantra in all of these books is the kind that you cannot over stress. That’s why I’m such a huge fan of it. It is also a rollicking adventure.

]]> By: Emily Romrell https://emilyromrell.com/the-martian-by-andy-weir/#comment-522 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:18:46 +0000 https://eclecticreadingroom.wordpress.com/?p=294#comment-522 In reply to Al The Author.

Fabulous. Thanks for your comment. Happy Reading!

]]> By: Al The Author https://emilyromrell.com/the-martian-by-andy-weir/#comment-521 Mon, 17 Aug 2015 17:17:10 +0000 https://eclecticreadingroom.wordpress.com/?p=294#comment-521 I’m looking forward to reading this on holiday next week – it’s already packed and waiting! Thanks for the review

]]> By: DrSarahBrewer https://emilyromrell.com/the-martian-by-andy-weir/#comment-520 Sat, 15 Aug 2015 16:25:15 +0000 https://eclecticreadingroom.wordpress.com/?p=294#comment-520 This is one of my most favourite books. There was a great sense of loss when I finished it and found Andy Weir had not written another adult book I could get me teeth into. My two sons and husband read it after me, too. Never heard them so quiet! Can’t wait to see the film.

]]> By: Claire | Art and Soul https://emilyromrell.com/the-martian-by-andy-weir/#comment-519 Tue, 11 Aug 2015 07:09:22 +0000 https://eclecticreadingroom.wordpress.com/?p=294#comment-519 I’m so glad you enjoyed it. This is next on my book pile! Really looking forward to it.

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