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The Martian
Andy Weir

The cost for my survival must have been hundreds of millions of dollars. All to save one dorky botanist. Why bother?

Well, okay. I know the answer to that. Part of it might be what I represent: progress, science, and the interplanetary future we’ve dreamed of for centuries. But really, they did it because every human being has a basic instinct to help each other out. It might not seem that way sometimes, but it’s true.

If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is so fundamentally human that it’s found in every culture without exception. Yes, there are assholes who just don’t care, but they’re massively outnumbered by the people who do. And because of that, I had billions of people on my side.

Pretty cool, eh?

SoT kali ini kuambil dari novel The Martian karya Andy Weir (review-ku di sini) yang sebentar lagi bakal release filmnya (Matt Damon, yay!).
Kisahnya tentang seorang astronot yang tak sengaja terdampar di Planet Mars dan butuh banyak sekali perjuangan dari banyak sekali orang -selain kegigihan bertahan hidup dari dirinya sendiri, tentu saja- untuk menyelamatkannya dan membawanya kembali ke Bumi. Quote itu dari kalimat penutup di novelnya, tapi sebagian jadi kalimat pembuka di trailer filmnya. Memang sih, dari saat membaca kalimat-kalimat itu di novel, aku sudah mengangguk-angguk setuju. Apalagi setelah mengalami keseruan "petualangan" sepanjang cerita.
Yes, I believe that too, that people are basicly good dan that instinct of humanity that made us human after all!

*dan sudah gak sabar nungguin Oktober buat nonton filmnya*


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The Martian - or Geniuses Guide to Survive on Mars

Title: The Martian
Author: Andy Weir
Publisher: Crown (2014)
ISBN: 978-080-41-3902-1
Pages: 384 halaman
Published: 2011
Literary Awards: Goodreads Choice for Best Science Fiction (2014)




Synopsys:

Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first men to walk on the surface of Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first man to die there.

It started with the dust storm that holed his suit and nearly killed him, and that forced his crew to leave him behind, sure he was already dead. Now he's stranded millions of miles from the nearest human being, with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive--and even if he could get word out, his food would be gone years before a rescue mission could arrive. Chances are, though, he won't have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old "human error" are much more likely to get him first.

But Mark isn't ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills--and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit--he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. But will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?

Remember the movie Cast Away when a man stranded on an island for years and he had to go by all means to survive? Well, imagine that situation, but instead of an island it was.... on Mars. Yup, that's where Mark Watney was, alone and no one on earth even know he was alive!