Monday, July 14, 2014

Andy Weir

Andy Weir has a background in computer science. He began writing the book in 2009, researching the book to be as realistic as possible based on existing technology.[5]Weir studied orbital mechanics, astronomy, and the history of manned spaceflight.[7]
Having been rebuffed by literary agents, Weir put the book online for free at his website.[5] At the request of fans he made a Amazon Kindle version available throughAmazon.com at 99 cents (the minimum he could set the price).[

posted by joe @ 7/14/2014 07:01:00 PM   2 comments

2 Comments:

At 5:30 AM, Blogger Clay said...

That's pretty neat. I had never heard of Andy Weir. One of my patients who is an avid reader and Sci Fi fan recommended the book to me.

 
At 5:30 PM, Blogger joe said...

Just finished "The Martian" and it was great, I sat in my carport for the last 17 minutes and that is a great book. Thanks for the recommendation!

 

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