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Book to Film: The Martian

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Book to Film: The Martian

The Martian by first time author Andy Weir has just been released as a major Hollywood film. Will fans of the book be happy?

The background to Weir creating the story is quite unique, as the science behind surviving as a castaway on Mars was pretty rigorously fact checked by science boffins when it was published online before making it to print.

But not everything got through the expert filter!

The book and director Ridley Scott's screen adaptation are scrutinised by regular Book-to-Screen reviewers Alicia Sometimes and Thomas Caldwell.

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Science Fiction Books, Science Fiction Films