Ep-72 The Martian (2011 novel)

New year, new look, new planet, who dis? Join Luke & James as
they kick off 2019 on Mars with Andy Weir’s hard SciFi
adventure-survival novel, THE MARTIAN. Mark Watney has quickly
become a classic character, but what made him so compelling? Does
the novel succeed in holding reader interest with all that math
and science?

Topics: New logo discussion, what it was like growing up on the
Space Coast of Florida, Andy Weir’s background & relationship
with Ready Player One author Ernest Cline, the publication
history for the novel, the research necessary to achieve that
high-level of verisimilitude, the theme of the triumph of the
human spirit, hard SciFi as a genre, Weir’s prose and writing
style, the multiple POV shifts, the one MAJOR scientific
inaccuracy in the novel, the Trolley Problem, and what food they
would choose to live off of for years.

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Music Credit: Ross Bugden Music

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