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Old 03-28-2015, 04:45 AM   #106
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I'd've never f'in guessed it was that much!
lol...try the audiobook version...i love the book but when i'm listening to it when commuting to school with the kiddies, i gotta be fast on the mute
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Old 04-06-2015, 07:22 PM   #107
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Is there anything similar to "The Martian"?
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Old 04-06-2015, 11:10 PM   #108
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Ready Player One is good.

I'd say Chris Rock to star the movie.
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Old 04-06-2015, 11:43 PM   #109
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Sounds like a good book. Worth a look. Thank you
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Old 04-07-2015, 07:09 AM   #110
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Ready Player One is good.
It's excellent, yes, but it's absolutely nothing like "The Martian" in terms of being a "hard SF" novel. There are many very good hard SF authors around.
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I'd say Chris Rock to star the movie.
What character would he play? Sorrento? He's way too old to play Wade or any other gamer.
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Old 04-10-2015, 02:21 AM   #112
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in something vaguely meta...Wil Wheaton narrates the audiobook for Ready Player One. Unusually i prefer the audiobook over the deadtrees version.
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The Martian finally has a price drop at the Amazon US store for Australia to $4.80 USD http://www.amazon.com/The-Martian-An...8786522&sr=1-1 - a price point I could live with. Click!

(Thanks, Luzme!)
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Just finished it. Excellent story. Definitely worth a read.
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Old 04-12-2015, 01:57 PM   #115
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Thanks for everyone's recommendations for this eBook. I really enjoyed it. I hope the movie follows it pretty closely.
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Old 05-11-2015, 01:52 PM   #116
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Interesting article in today's Washington Post about Andy Wier and The Matian here http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...space-program/

Based on this, it looks like Matt Damon will be in the lead role
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Old 05-13-2015, 11:49 AM   #117
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This book is outstanding enjoyed reading it.
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Old 05-16-2015, 09:53 PM   #118
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I got the ebook from the library last month and tore through it. Usually I'm struggling to finish a book in the two week loan period, but this one didn't last three days.
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Since Weir was giving the epub away for free, and I happened be taking a business trip with airplanes and hotels to kill time in, 'The Martian' was the first novel I've eye-read on my Kindle in some time.

Loved it. Couldn't put it down. I'm looking forward to the movie. I hope they don't screw it up.

I also enjoyed 'Ready Player One' with WW's narration.
Cline's new novel is available for pre-order on Audible, I see.

You folks who liked The Martian and RPO, please come over to the thread I'm about to start in this section and help me spend my last Audible credit.
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Old 06-01-2015, 11:41 AM   #120
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Actually I felt shocked when I saw the F word at the beginning while reading the sample. I am OK with books that use the F word sometimes when necessary, but I am uncomfortable when I see it in the first sentence. Does this book use a lot of F word?
I, too, am not thrilled with gratuitous vulgarity, but I must say his use of the word "boobs" was brilliant.
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