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Key facts
- Author
- Andy Weir
- Audio read by
- R. C. Bray , Wil Wheaton
- Cover artist
- Eric White
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Published
- September 2011 (self-published); February 2014 ( Crown )
- Publication place
- United States
- Media type
- Print, e-book , audio
- Isbn
- 978-0-8041-3902-1
- Dewey decimal
- 813/.6
- Library of congress classification span
- PS3623.E446 M37 2014
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- literary work
- Author
- Andy Weir
- Genre
- science fiction
- Country of origin
- United States
- Main subject
- Chinese space program
- Official website
- www.andyweirauthor.com/books/the-martian-tr
- Image
- The Martian (Weir novel).jpg
Show 9 more facts
- title
- The Martian
- inception
- 2011-00-00
- language of work or name
- English language
- derivative work
- The Martian
- place of publication
- United States
- form of creative work
- novel
- first line
- I'm pretty much fucked. That's my considered opinion. Fucked.
- publication date
- 2013-03-00
- has characteristic
- debut novel
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Encyclopedic overview
The Martian is a 2011 science fiction debut novel written by Andy Weir. The book was originally self-published on Weir's blog as a serial. In 2014, the book was re-released after Crown Publishing Group purchased the exclusive publishing rights. The story follows an American astronaut, Mark Watney, as he becomes stranded alone on Mars in 2035 and must improvise in order to survive.
A film adaptation, The Martian, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon, was released in October 2015.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Martian” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.