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The Martian: where to start reading
Adapts The Martian by Andy Weir. Say how far you watched, and pick the book up exactly there.
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1 parts
on screen
1 book
to read
Tracks closely
from the books
After The Martian, in the books you are
at The Martian.
through the end of the novel.
The film is a faithful adaptation of Weir's standalone novel. Read the whole book; it carries even more of the day-by-day problem-solving than the film had room for.
Start reading at The Martian (the complete novel)
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What the movies changed here
- ChangedThe film tells events in linear order; the novel opens after Watney is already stranded and jumps around via logs and flashback.
- CutMuch of the book's step-by-step technical problem-solving is condensed, and the two rovers Watney modifies become a single rover.
- CutA subplot where Watney accidentally shorts out his comms gear, cutting him off from NASA again, is dropped from the film.
- ChangedMission director Venkat Kapoor is renamed Vincent Kapoor for the film; several NASA staff are made lower-key than in the book.
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Ridley Scott's 2015 film is a faithful adaptation of Andy Weir's single 2011 novel, trimming some of the book's technical detail but keeping its structure and survival storyline intact.
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