01906cam a2200313 i 4500 332730578 TxAuBib 20170101120000.0 150326s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781101905005 110190500X (OCoLC)918909125 TxAuBib rda Weir, Andy. The Martian : a novel / Andy Weir. First movie tie-in mass market edition. New York : Broadway Books, 2014. 435 pages : map ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Originally self-published, in a different form, as an ebook in 2011"--Title page verso. "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?" --from publisher's web site. 20170101. Astronauts Fiction. Survival Fiction. Mars (Planet) Fiction. Science Fiction.