Thread: Really enjoyed "The Martian" by Andy Weir
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Old 11-23-2014, 09:57 AM   #62
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Originally Posted by Dazrin View Post
I read the self-published version last year and really liked it, I am wondering how it has changed by being traditionally published. If anyone has read both versions (or wants to lend me the new version ) I would love to hear a comparison.
OK, there is a REAL, SIGNIFICANT spoiler in my response, so don't say I didn't warn you.
Spoiler:

My Overdrive reservation for the "new" version just came up, so I checked it out. I didn't do a page-by-page comparison, but it didn't seem significantly different. The episode of the RTG retrieval was shortened, and the epilogue was eliminated (I wasn't impressed by him cussing around a kid in the original anyway), so in general, it may have just been a "tightening up."
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