Aunt Jen Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Hello fellow space geeks, I thought I'd mention something kind of interesting and out of this world: "The Martian," http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3659388/ a movie starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, etc., due out November 2015. Seems this smart space geek, Andy Weir, wrote the novel http://www.amazon.com/The-Martian-Novel-Andy-Weir-ebook/dp/B00EMXBDMA and it became a best seller. I read it and found it one of the few real page-turners I've read in a long time. It's novel that asks the question: If an astronaut were left on Mars, after a reasonable/normal mission, could he survive, anyway, some way, until a rescue mission could be mounted? Using initial setup the novel offers, Andy Weir works it through piece by piece, as realistically as able, to work it through, and he does a marvelous job. You can also learn a lot about Mars by reading it. Enjoy! Just thought I'd share. (Of COURSE I'm going to go see the movie, also!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Jen Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 I forgot to include his Wiki page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Weir_%28writer%29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loophole LaRue, SASS #51438 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I read it on the recommendation of someone on the Wire several months ago; kept me well entertained while recovering from a back problem. Great detail, neat tech issues, at times I forgot it was fiction. But Matt Damon? That's not who I envisioned when I read it. Maybe Edward Norton... LL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Gauntlet , SASS 60619 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 It's an excellent book, a real page-turner. It's science fiction only in the sense it takes place on Mars. It's a near-future technical-survival story, very well-executed. Matt Damon sounds good for the part to me, though there isn't any Bourne-type action in the story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Reckon I'll be downloading it to my Nook right after I finish the Alex McKnight I downloaded last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Hardpan, why wait. You can download between chapters, like I'm doing now. Coffinmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Jen Posted March 18, 2015 Author Share Posted March 18, 2015 I read it on the recommendation of someone on the Wire several months ago; kept me well entertained while recovering from a back problem. Great detail, neat tech issues, at times I forgot it was fiction. But Matt Damon? That's not who I envisioned when I read it. Maybe Edward Norton... LL You know, Ed WOULD fit. But Matt is also very good, and Jesssica Chastain? Great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 I yam an expert on the Red Planet. Seen every syfy movie ever made about it. Including MarsmNeeds Women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 EVERY one...? Remember "The Angry Red Planet~?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Sure. And Robinson Crusoe on Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted March 18, 2015 Share Posted March 18, 2015 Sure. And Robinson Crusoe on Mars. That one was on T.V. a couple weeks ago. I remember going to see in in the theater when it was new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Jen Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 How could we terraform Mars if it lost its atmosphere due to losing its magnetosphere? Carry a load of magnets up there? Heat its inner core with microwaves? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Nelson Posted March 19, 2015 Share Posted March 19, 2015 How could we terraform Mars if it lost its atmosphere due to losing its magnetosphere? Carry a load of magnets up there? Heat its inner core with microwaves? It might use less power to string wires over the surface and energize them to create a magnetic field, than to re-melt the core of Mars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Jen Posted March 19, 2015 Author Share Posted March 19, 2015 Ah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Aunt Jen Thanks for the lead to the book. Finished it last night. Righteous good read. Coffinmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunt Jen Posted March 22, 2015 Author Share Posted March 22, 2015 You're welcome. I enjoyed it, too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 I yam an expert on the Red Planet. Seen every syfy movie ever made about it. Including MarsmNeeds Women. The Martian Way, by Isaac Asimov? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 Awright, CC... I downloaded it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted March 22, 2015 Share Posted March 22, 2015 The Martian Way, by Isaac Asimov? An excellent work. But never made into a film as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardpan Curmudgeon SASS #8967 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Took a while to get to it, but I did. Excellent read! Uh... spuds... they'll never be the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noz Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 Stranger in a Strange Land? Essentially the same plot as The Martian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted April 13, 2015 Share Posted April 13, 2015 I yam an expert on the Red Planet. Seen every syfy movie ever made about it. Including MarsmNeeds Women. Movies and books are great, but to get the best effect you need to visit the place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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