01707cam a2200277 4500 260000527 TxAuBib 20160404120000.0 130605t20142011||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780804139021 0804139024 TxAuBib Weir, Andy. The Martian : a novel / Andy Weir. New York, N. Y. : Crown, [2014] ©2011. 369 p. : map ; 24 cm. "Originally self-published, in a different form, as an ebook in 2011"--T.p. 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 and his engineering skills 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. 20160404. Astronauts Fiction. Survival Fiction. Science fiction. American fiction 21st century. Mars (Planet.)