Martian.
 

I honestly wanted to read the novel. I even started and made some real progress, finished about 1/4. Can honestly tell, it started off fairly intriguing and quickly turned into a Mars survival course filled with so many technical details that I lost the contact . . . Now, will I finish the novel sooner than the flick release date :) or not ?

P.S.: the static video thumb certainly makes me think he's about to poo hard.

Looks innaresting ...

PS: If I see Jessica Chastain in another space movie I'm going to scream.

She's amazing. Can be hot, look wasted at times, but I hear you - she could play an alien only then :)))

This looks good. I'm pretty tired of Ridley Scott (Prometheus sucked) but will go check this one out anyway.

The audiobook was fantastic.. give that a try

Hm. Interesting. Am I not too old for this experience? I still read paper back things :))))

The guy who wrote the story started it on his blog, chapter by chapter, but readers began asking for him to put it in book form (Kindle) on Amazon. So he did and charged 99 cents for it. He had previously tried to get a publisher for the book to no avail. It was only after the book took off in sales that publishers began making offers.

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WOW, thanks!