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I was a great read! The old King is back and no more weird stories.
Here's a mental image that I came across yesterday." There was a pause in the conversation and Bill poured a sigh in it." That quote has lingered with me.
Reminds me of the French expression "an angel went by" to be used when a conversation pauses all of a sudden and everyone is aware of the silence moment
I had read Mr. Mercedes, where a car crashes into people in line. King ties the story into "Finders, Keepers."
Impulse purchase: "The Martian," Andy Weir
I check the USA Today best seller list at least weekly to see what's hot. Number one was "Girl on a Train," two, "Finders, Keepers," three, "Paper Towns." I have read them all recently, so I checked out the fourth book on the list, "The Martian" and it was $5.99 at Amazon. I don't read Sci-Fi too frequently but this one has rave reviews. So off I go to outer space for a couple of days to see what life is like on the red planet.
Wow, "The Martian" really rocks! It has a rags-to-riches publishing history:
Andy Weir, the son of a particle physicist, 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] He has stated that he knows the exact date of each day in the book.[8]
Having been rebuffed by literary agents when trying to get prior books published, Weir decided to put the book online in serial format one chapter at a time for free at his website.[5] At the request of fans he made an Amazon Kindle version available through Amazon.com at 99 cents (the minimum he could set the price).[5] The Kindle edition rose to the top of Amazon's list of best-selling science-fiction titles, where it sold 35,000 copies in three months, more than had been previously downloaded free.[5][8] This garnered the attention of publishers: Podium Publishing, an audiobook publisher, signed for the audiobook rights in January 2013. Weir sold the print rights to Crown in March 2013 for over a hundred thousand dollars.[5]
The book debuted on the New York Times Best Seller list on March 2, 2014 in the hardcover fiction category at twelfth position.[9]
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