On 21 Jun 2014 at 11:50, Timothy Collinson wrote:

> But I stumbled across _The Martian_ by Andy Weir (published by Del
> Rey in the US and the UK in 2014). RUN don't walk to your nearest
> book supplier to find this. It's brilliant. I've just finished it
> (in less than 24 hours) it was that gripping. It's not really SF as
> it could happen today (well, tomorrow maybe) but basically tells the
> story of one of the crew of a Mars mission left behind on the surface
> when the team is aborting their trip in some haste.
>
> It's a terrific survival tale in the tradition of Robinson Crusoe
> (think Crusoe meets Gravity!) and is definitely the kind of book you
> want to start when your diary isn't too full.

More or less an update of "Robinson Crusoe on Mars" (a fun movie from
the 60, even if the science is *horrible*)

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