Format:
Book
Author:
Weir, Andy, author.
Title:
The Martian : a novel / Andy Weir.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher, Date:
New York : Crown Publishers, [2014]
©2011
Description:
369 pages : map ; 24 cm
Summary:
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive -- and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old 'human error' are much more likely to kill him first. But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills -- and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit -- he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?
Subjects:
Astronauts -- Fiction.
Survival -- Fiction.
Science fiction.
Mars (Planet) -- Fiction.
Notes:
"Originally self-published, in a different form, as an ebook in 2011"--Title page verso.
LCCN:
2013362514
ISBN:
9780804139021
0804139024
9780553418026
0553418025
Other Number:
846889319
System Availability:
8
Current Holds:
0
# Local items:
8
Control Number:
523681
Call Number:
FICTION Weir ^Science Fiction
Course Reserves:
0
# Local items in:
4
# System items in:
4