I recently read Andy Weir’s novel: ‘The Martian‘. Weir’s book is a self publishing success story. An admitted life long geek, he enjoyed thoroughly researching how a mission to Mars might work and what might go wrong with it. He originally published the book, in serialized form, on his web site. In response to reader requests, he put it in a Kindle book on Amazon.
It was so popular he was offered a deal with a traditional publisher and a movie deal, almost simultaneously. The version I read was a Kindle book published by Broadway Books. The film, which is directed by Ridley Scott, and starring Matt Damon, will be coming out in October.
I could write a few paragraphs describing the basic premise of the story, but I think it will be easier to just call your attention to the movie trailer. It does a pretty good job at…
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Confessions of a Geek Queen 