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Old 11-13-2015, 07:37 AM   #34
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He really liked the Martian - I haven't read it yet, but from what I gather it was man against terrain, and that might be the conflict he likes.
Sticking with sci-fi, some thoughts if the first-person narrative/internal dialog is something he found appealing:

For the psychological aspects, I'd recommend Frederik Pohl's Gateway.

If it's the problem-solving, there a couple of books that require the reader to solve right along with the protagonist: The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe, and Riddley Walker by Russell Hoban.

The "planetary survey" aspect of each of these is minimal, but there's something there.
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