“Gripping...Grade: A.”

—AVClub.com

“Weir delivers with The Martian .”

—Associated Press

“Smart, funny, and white-knuckle intense...the best book I’ve read in ages.”

—Hugh Howey, author of Wool

“A book I just couldn’t put down!”

—Astronaut Chris Hadfield

“An impressively geeky debut.”

— Entertainment Weekly

“Harkens back to masters such as Robert Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and Arthur C. Clarke.”

— San Jose Mercury News

“One of the best thrillers I’ve read in a long time.”

—Douglas Preston, author of Impact

“ The Martian kicked my ass! Relentlessly entertaining and inventive.”

—Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One

“Brilliant...a celebration of human ingenuity [and] the purest example of real-science sci-fi for many years...Utterly compelling.”

— Wall Street Journal

“A hugely entertaining novel [that] reads like a rocket ship afire...Weir has fashioned in Mark Watney one of the most appealing, funny, and resourceful characters in recent fiction.”

— Chicago Tribune

“As gripping as they come...you’ll be rooting for Watney the whole way, groaning at every setback and laughing at his pitch-black humor. Utterly nail-biting and memorable.”

— Financial Times

“Terrific stuff, a crackling good read.”

— USA Today

“A perfect novel in almost every way.”

— Crimespree magazine

“Almost literally an un-put-downable book. I recommend it to anyone who loves the manned space program, or who loves science, or who loves a brilliantly written novel of unrelenting suspense and intelligence.”

—Dan Simmons, New York Times bestselling author of Drood and Hyperion

“ Robinson Crusoe on Mars, twenty-first-century style. Set aside a chunk of free time when you start this one. You’re going to need it because you won’t want to put it down.”

—Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author of The King’s Deception

“An exciting, insightful science-based tale [that] kept me turning the pages to see what ingenious solution our hero would concoct to survive yet another impossible dilemma.”

—Terry Brooks, New York Times bestselling author of The Sword of Shannara

“A great read with inspiring attention to technical detail and surprising emotional depth. Loved it!”

—Daniel H. Wilson, New York Times bestselling author of Robopocalypse

“An excellent first novel...Weir laces the technical details with enough keen wit to satisfy hard science fiction fan and general reader alike [and] keeps the story escalating to a riveting conclusion.”

— Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Gripping...shapes up like Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe as written by someone brighter.”

—Larry Niven, Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author of the Ringworld series and Lucifer’s Hammer

“Weir combines the heart-stopping with the humorous in this brilliant debut novel....The perfect mix of action and space adventure . ”

— Library Journal (starred review)

“The tension simply never lets up, from the first page to the last, and at no point does the believability falter for even a second. You can’t shake the feeling that this could all really happen.”

—Patrick Lee, New York Times bestselling author of The Runner

“Riveting...a tightly constructed and completely believable story of a man’s ingenuity and strength in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.”

— Booklist

“A page-turning thriller...this survival tale with a high-tech twist will pull you right in.”

— Suspense magazine

“Sharp, funny, and thrilling, with just the right amount of geekery...Weir displays a virtuosic ability to write about highly technical situations without leaving readers far behind. The result is a story that is as plausible as it is compelling.”

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