In the afterward to Andy Weir\u2019s The Martian<\/i>, Mr. Weir explains that his most favorite comment to hear about his smash hit is I don\u2019t usually read science fiction, but\u2026<\/i><\/p>\n
I fall into this camp, and I sure as hell don\u2019t read books that will soon be made into blockbuster movies.<\/p>\n
But the hoopla surrounding The Martian<\/i> was so great, and the praise it received from Mrs. O\u2019Connell so thorough, I could not resist reading this #1 bestseller from a genre I never read.<\/p>\n
Like few things in life, the hype was apt. I thoroughly enjoyed reading The Martian<\/i>.<\/p>\n
I will not divulge any spoilers here, of course. If you\u2019re like most of American you\u2019ve read the book already, so it doesn\u2019t matter, but maybe you\u2019re trying to forget a thing or two before you see the movie. I\u2019m going to wait for the thing to come out on Netflix, so by then I\u2019ll have forgotten everything.<\/p>\n
One thing I won\u2019t forget is my favorite characteristic of the book\u2026<\/p>\n
It\u2019s funny.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s right, the futuristic book about space travel and a man seemingly sentenced to death is\u2026 funny. The main character is not only likable, he thinks like a regular person (not an egghead astronaut), and he makes fun of things that should be made fun of. Government in particular and bureaucracies in general are numbers one and two. Gotta love that. I wish our protagonist wouldn\u2019t make fun of disco music so much, but nobody’s perfect.<\/p>\n
If you have yet to read The Martian<\/i>, I recommend doing so. The book that started its life as basically a blog post from a guy who likes science deserves its (four years later) celebrated status and hopefully the big-budget film version will do it justice. I\u2019m definitely going to see it\u2026<\/p>\n
Even though I don\u2019t usually watch science fiction movies<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the afterward to Andy Weir\u2019s The Martian, Mr. Weir explains that his most favorite comment to hear about his smash hit is I don\u2019t usually read science fiction, but\u2026 I fall into this camp, and I sure as hell … Continue reading