Sherrie Simpson

Sherrie Simpson asked Andy Weir:

Is Mark Watney based on anyone you know? His voice in the book sounds so real!

Andy Weir He's pretty much me, but a better version of me. He's smarter, braver, and doesn't have my flaws.

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Elle

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Hi Andy! Are you writing Mord novels? And are they ging to be science fiction? I loved the Martian by the way.

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Amanda Bridgeman asked Andy Weir:

Hi Andy, I loved your book. I'm intrigued about the level of research you must have done for it. I see from your website that you were naturally interested in space exploration before you wrote the book, but I'm keen to understand how you went about getting that level of detail in. Did you have any contacts inside the space exploration industry that you could bounce plot ideas off and figure out solutions with?

Jeff

Jeff asked Andy Weir:

If you were stranded on a desert island and could only take one thing with you, what would it be?

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