#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Brilliant . . . a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many years . . . utterly compelling.”—The Wall Street Journal The inspiration for the major motion picture
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.
Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.
After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.
Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human error” are much more likely to kill him first.
But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him? NAMED ONE OF PASTE’S BEST NOVELS OF THE DECADE
“A hugely entertaining novel [that] reads like a rocket ship afire . . . Weir has fashioned in Mark Watney one of the most appealing, funny, and resourceful characters in recent fiction.”—Chicago Tribune
“As gripping as they come . . . You’ll be rooting for Watney the whole way, groaning at every setback and laughing at his pitchblack humor. Utterly nail-biting and memorable.”—Financial Times
Descubrí a Andy Weir cuando me mandaron un enlace a El huevo, una historia muy corta y muy entretenida, que te deja pensativo. Entrando en la página del autor descubrí una novela completa, sobre un astronauta que se queda tirado en Marte, cuando todos le dan por muerto en una evacuacuón de emergencia. Estamos ante una novela de cifi hardcore, donde la historia alterna entre los esfuerzos del astronauta por sobrevivir y los acontecimientos que suceden en la Tierra (y la NASA) tras la evacuación. La novela me ha enganchado como pocas, tiene sus altos y bajos pero está muy bien escrita y, además, adoro el humor del autor. Unas cuantas carcajadas han caído. Absolutamente recomendable.
[Años después esta novela se convertiría en el pelotazo cinematográfico del año. Bien merecido]
