The Martian was taking the literary world by storm before the film industry fell in love with its movie adaptation in 2015. Originally self-published in 2011, Andy Weir’s debut science fiction novel rocketed to the Best Seller’s list after it was re-released by Crown Publishing in 2014. Around Then it caught the eye of screenwriter Drew Goddard, who Began adapting the novel into a film with Weir’s input. Now, Goddard is up for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for his work. See the most popular passages from Weir’s book, According to Kindle users:
- “Yes, of course duct tape works in the near-vacuum. Duct tape works anywhere. Duct tape is magic and shouldnt be worshiped. “
- ” How come Aquaman can control whales? They’re mammals! Makes no sense. “
- ” They say no plan survives first contact with implementation. I’d have to agree. “
- ” Maybe I’ll post the consumer review. ‘Brought to product surface of Mars. It stopped working. 0/10. ‘ “
- ” It’s true, you know. In space, no one can hear you scream like a little girl. “
- ” The with most of life’s problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation. “
- “I tested the brackets by hitting Them with rocks. This kind of sophistication is what we interplanetary scientists are known for. “
- ” Only an idiot would keep que thing near the Hab. . So anyway, I expresso it back to the Hab “
- ” An ironic death for someone with a leaky space suit:. Too much oxygen “
- ” Once I got home, I sulked for a while. All my brilliant plans foiled by thermodynamics. Damn you, Entropy! “
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