A few months ago I finally read Andrew Weir’s The Martian.  Since then, it’s become the work of fiction that I’ve recommended the most.  It’s the simple story of a man abandoned on Mars.  And it was utterly enthralling.

Ridley Scott is directing the movie version, which drops this November.  The movie has a quality cast, with Matt Damon in the lead role.  People magazine and Entertainment Weekly have both posted pictures from the set.  You can check out the collection the folks at aintitcool.com put together here and here.  Let me encourage you: don’t wait for the movie; read the book.  You’ll be glad you did.