{"id":2656,"date":"2014-11-09T14:54:43","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T13:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hackingsap.com\/blog\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2014-11-09T14:54:43","modified_gmt":"2014-11-09T13:54:43","slug":"audiobook-the-martian-andy-weir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hackingsap.com\/blog\/audiobook-the-martian-andy-weir","title":{"rendered":"Audiobook: The Martian (Andy Weir)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"themartian\"<\/a>I listened to a great sci-fi audiobook last week: The Martian<\/strong> by Andy Weir<\/a>. The plot is that a human mission to Mars goes horrible wrong a few days after arrival. The crew has to evacuate when they get in a big dust storm. During the evac the main character Mark Watney is heavily wounded, and believing he didn\u2019t survive\u00a0it, the other astronauts\u00a0leave Mars.<\/p>\n

Imagine being the only person\u00a0on a planet, with broken machinery, no way to communicate and very limited food. What would be your plan?<\/p>\n

Watney writes a log of all of his experiences and tells us all about the science and calculations he uses to fix things, create water and how to grow food. On Mars! Of course the story also switches to what is happening at NASA back on earth and to the returning spacecraft with the other astronauts.<\/p>\n

The narration of this audiobook is excellent. Even when I arrived at home I stayed in the car for a few minutes to finish a chapter or a section of the book. Regarding the story I like the fact that there is no unnecessary\/unwanted deviation from the core storyline. So no romantic bs woven into it.<\/p>\n

In 2015 a movie<\/a> will be released based on this novel. Director is Ridley Scott and Mark Watney is portrayed by Matt Damon. Looking forward to that one!<\/p>\n

The Martian – Andy Weir<\/a> – ISBN\u00a0978-0091956141 –\u00a0<\/span>Audiobook version<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I listened to a great sci-fi audiobook last week: The Martian by Andy Weir. The plot is that a human mission to Mars goes horrible wrong a few days after arrival. The crew has to evacuate when they get in a big dust storm. 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