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X MARKS THE SPOT: END OF AUGUST (book conversions).

Hardback to small enlarged paperback

The Martian by Andy Weir

(pub: Del Rey/Ballantine Books. 369 page small enlarged paperback. Price: £ 7.99 (UK). ISBN: 978-0-09195-14-1)

check out websites: www.delreyuk.com and www.galactanet.com/,

released: 28 August 2014

TheMartian-epb

UncleGeoff

Geoff Willmetts has been editor at SFCrowsnest for some 21 plus years now, showing a versatility and knowledge in not only Science Fiction, but also the sciences and arts, all of which has been displayed here through editorials, reviews, articles and stories. With the latter, he has been running a short story series under the title of ‘Psi-Kicks’ If you want to contribute to SFCrowsnest, read the guidelines and show him what you can do. If it isn’t usable, he spends as much time telling you what the problems is as he would with material he accepts. This is largely how he got called an Uncle, as in Dutch Uncle. He’s not actually Dutch but hails from the west country in the UK.

One thought on “X MARKS THE SPOT: END OF AUGUST (book conversions).

  • I read this book 3 months back and highly recommend it. My career was with NASA on the space shuttle program so I know a bit about “real” space and I must say if any scifi story attempts reality this one is one of the best. While slightly far fetched itself it does do an excellent job of portraying a real Mars mission after a natural disaster causes big problems with the mission. If there are any complaints my only one would be since the story basically revolves around the stranded astronaut it drags, but only a little, just a bit. It is an excellent book with a realistic “real” space story line.

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