The Sunday Times Bestseller behind the major new film from Ridley Scott starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain. I m stranded on Mars. I have no way to communicate with Earth. I m in a Habitat designed to last 31 days. If the Oxygenator breaks down, I ll suffocate. If the Water Reclaimer breaks down, I ll die of thirst. If the Hab breaches, I ll just kind of explode. If none of those things happen, I ll eventually run out of food and starve to death. So yeah. I m screwed.The Sunday Times Bestseller behind the major new film from Ridley Scott starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain. I m stranded on Mars. I have no way to communicate with Earth. I m in a Habitat designed to last 31 days. If the Oxygenator breaks down, I ll suffocate. If the Water Reclaimer breaks down, I ll die of thirst. If the Hab breaches, I ll just kind of explode. If none of those things happen, I ll eventually run out of food and starve to death. So yeah. I m screwed. ANDY WEIR has always been fascinated by space travel and, like most kids growing up, wanted to be an astronaut. At the age of fifteen he was hired as a programmer for a national laboratory and worked as a software engineer before channelling his creativity into writing fiction. His book The Martian has gone on to become a Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller and a 2014 Richard and Judy Book Club pick, winning multiple international awards. The Martian is now also a major motion picture from 20th Century Fox, directed by Ridley Scott and starring Matt Damon.