ANDY WEIR built a career as a software engineer until the success of his first published novel, THE MARTIAN, allowed him to live out his dream of writing fulltime. He is a lifelong space nerd and a devoted hobbyist of subjects such as relativistic physics, orbital mechanics, and the history of manned spaceflight. He also mixes a mean cocktail. He lives in California. Andy’s next book, ARTEMIS, is available now.
This book takes a bit to get into, and uses lots of science terminology that can be hard to follow. But, this is a very unique story of friendship, bravery, selflessness and how one person can make a difference!
Just listened to this book again this calendar year. My kids 12 and older loved it. Story elements and production make this better to listen to than read with your eyes.