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The Martian (book) - $1.99 Google Play US

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The Martian (book) - $1.99 Google Play US

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1.99
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9.99
For those with US Google account, this is a fantastic deal for an excellent book before the movie comes out.

To get the deal on Amazon, go to their mobile app on Android or iOS, select US as the country, and search for it. Standard desktop sites show $8 but mobile app shows $1.99 for me.

[QUOTE]Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.

Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there.

After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.

Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to kill him first.

But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills—and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit—he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?[/QUOTE]

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Nov 26, 2003
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this looks pretty good, i wonder if i should read the book and ruin the movie lol.

its also 1.99 on kindle usa as well.
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ShylocK wrote: this looks pretty good, i wonder if i should read the book and ruin the movie lol.

its also 1.99 on kindle usa as well.
Id go with the book first. Though honestly, the audiobook is probably the best... It, World War Z, and The Road are the 3 best audiobooks i have listened too, that gave a better atmosphere than reading.
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Nov 5, 2007
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Book is good. Just be prepared for 100 pages of...have I not already read this? Then blam the amazing ending!
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Many people do not realize this, but the first edition of this e-book was originally written for the public domain and self published by Andy Weir for free on his website. He has a note in the last page of that 2011 version saying distribution is permitted as long as it is free. Then in 2014 the book was purchased by crown publishing and somehow crown was able to delete many of the free versions out on the net & they disappeared. I have a copy of the original free version, but I don't want to get in trouble with crown for distribution so I won't post or share it. But if you are good with google I bet you can find one out there somewhere. It is an awesome book with curve-balls every page, and I am looking forward to the movie.
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morris_the_cat wrote: Many people do not realize this, but the first edition of this e-book was originally written for the public domain and self published by Andy Weir for free on his website. He has a note in the introduction that this version is free to distribute. Then in 2014 the book was purchased by crown publishing and somehow crown was able to delete many of the free versions out on the net & they disappeared. I have a copy of the original free version, but I don't want to get in trouble with crown for distribution so I won't post or share it. But if you are good with google I bet you can find one out there somewhere. It is an awesome book with curve-balls every page, and I am looking forward to the movie.
This is true but at the same time $2 is not much to ask to support the author; on the other hand Andy Weir is probably doing very for himself as it is on the Amazon bestseller.
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Oct 14, 2012
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Very good book. I'd suggest reading it / listening to the audiobook before seeing the movie. The movie looks like it'll be very good as well, but it won't be able to go into detail like the book.
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Nov 15, 2004
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Fantastic book, a no brainer for $2.
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Bah, it shows as $9.99 for me :( Missed it I guess.
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Awesome book, I would definitely recommend it. Movie looks great too.
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Awesome book, will probably skip the movie the instant I feel it doesn't live up to the book.
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Amazon deal is dead-ish but Google Play deal is still live. You need to have US Google account to see it.
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book probably better than the movie will be.

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