Andy Weir's THE MARTIAN soon to be Major Motion Picture with Matt Damon

The MARTIAN is a 1st novel by Andy Weir that is out of this world amazing; soon to be released on the big screen starring Matt Damon.  Weir's novel has won him the well deserved Good Reads Choice Award for Best Sci-Fi.  I am fond of the science fiction genre.  For those who shy from sci-fi, this should steer you back on course for enjoying this remarkable literary art form that does service to creativity and humanity.  Astronaut Mark Watney is part of a crew that is 1st to land on Mars.  He's  abandoned on Mars, presumed dead by his crew and will most likely become the 1st to die on this  forsaken planet.  Watney is a modern day Robinson Crusoe or Chuck Noland from the film "Cast Away."  All 3 men are marooned on inhabited territory and must fend for themselves for survival.  Watney is alone, "where no man has gone before."  Watney like his fellow fictitious heroes is resourceful, committed to survival and finds that living alone is hell (as is 70's disco.) "It hit me…I am completely alone here…there's a difference between knowing it and really experiencing it."  Mark Whatney's ingenuity is insurmountable as is his optimism and sense of humor.  He is one of the most likable and entertaining characters I have ever discovered.  This survival novel is airtight with inventiveness and astute observations on human nature. "Every human being has a basic instinct to help each other out. It may not seem that way at times, but it's true…in every culture."  Some of the physics and mathematics soared over my head. (Hopefully it may peek interest to study science, math &  physics.)   The joy from reading this novel sticks like invincible duck tape.  Don't miscalculate the immense pleasures unearthed in this ingenious & hilarious novel.  Plan A - recommend this novel, Plan B - be among the 1st to see this film blast into theaters.