Chapter 1

LOG ENTRY: SOL 6

I’m pretty much fucked.

That’s my considered opinion.

Fucked.

Six days in to what should be a greatest two months of my life, and it’s tu ...

Chapter 2

LOG ENTRY: SOL 7

Ok, I’ve had a good night’s sleep, and things don’t seem as hopeless as they did yesterday.

Today I took stock of supplies, and did a quick EVA to check up ...

Chapter 3

LOG ENTRY: SOL 25

Remember those old math questions you had in Algebra class? Where water is entering a container at a certain rate and leaving at a different rate and you need to f ...

Chapter 4

LOG ENTRY: SOL 32

So I ran in to a bunch of problems with my water plan.

My idea is to make 600L of water (limited by the hydrogen I can get from the Hydrazine). That means ...

Chapter 5

LOG ENTRY: SOL 38

I’m still cowering in the rover, but I’ve had time to think. And I know how to deal with the hydrogen.

I thought about the Atmospheric Regulator. It pays ...

Chapter 6

Venkat returned to his office, dropped his briefcase on the floor, and collapsed into his leather chair. He took a moment to look out the windows at his scenic view of the Johnson Space Center.

Chapter 7

LOG ENTRY: SOL 63

I finished making water some time ago. I’m no longer in danger of blowing myself up. The potatoes are growing nicely. Nothing has conspired to kill me in weeks. An ...

Chapter 8

“Hello, and thank you for joining us,” Cathy said to the camera.

“Today on CNN’s Mark Watney Report: Several EVAs over the past few

days… what do they mean? What progress has NASA m ...

Chapter 9

LOG ENTRY: SOL 79

It’s the evening of my 8th day on the road. “Sirius 4” has been a

success so far.

I’ve fallen in to a routine. Every morning I wake up at dawn. Firs ...

Chapter 10

LOG ENTRY: SOL 90

Seven days since Pathfinder, and seven days closer to home.

As I’d hoped, my inbound tracks gave me a path back to Lewis

Valley. Then it was four so ...

Chapter 11

“Something’s coming in… yes… yes! It’s Pathfinder!”

The room burst in to applause and cheers. Venkat slapped an unknown

technician heartily on the back while Bruce pumped his fist i ...

Chapter 12

Watney slept peacefully in his bunk. He shifted slightly as some

pleasant dream put a smile on his face. The previous day had been

particularly labor-intensive, so he slept deeper a ...

Chapter 13

The employees of Deyo Plastics worked double shifts. There was talk

of triple shifts if NASA increased the order again. No one minded. The

overtime pay was spectacular and the fundi ...

Chapter 14

AUDIO LOG: SOL 119

RECORDING:

I’ve been laying here for a little while, trying to figure out what

happened. I should be more upset, but I took a pretty good whack to the

Chapter 15

Project Iris

[08:12]WATNEY: Test.

[08:25]JPL: Received! You gave us quite a scare

there. Thanks for the “A-OK” message. Our analysis

of satellite imagery shows a com ...

Chapter 16

Martinez:

Dr. Shields says I need to write personal

messages to each of the crew. She says it'll keep

me tethered to humanity. I think it's bullshit.

But hey, it's a ...

Chapter 17

LOG ENTRY: SOL 192

Holy shit!

They're coming back for me!

I don't even know how to react. I'm choked up!

And I've got a shitload of work to do before I catch ...

Chapter 18

LOG ENTRY: SOL 197

Sigh...

Just once I'd like something to go to plan, ya know?

Mars keeps trying to kill me.

Well... Mars didn't electrocute Pathfinder. So I ...

Chapter 19

“Hey, Melissa...” said Robert. “Am I getting through? Can you see

me?”

“Loud and clear, babe,” said Commander Lewis. “The video link is

solid.”

“They say I have 5 mi ...

Chapter 20

LOG ENTRY: SOL 376

I'm finally done with the rover modifications!

The hard part was figuring out how to maintain life support.

Everything else was just hard work. A l ...

Chapter 21

LOG ENTRY: SOL 431

I'm working out how to pack. It's harder than it sounds.

I have two pressure vessels: The rover and the trailer. They're

connected by hoses, but th ...

Chapter 22

LOG ENTRY: SOL 458

Mawrth Vallis! I'm finally here!

Actually, it's not an impressive accomplishment. I've only been

traveling 10 sols. But it's a good psychological m ...

Chapter 23

LOG ENTRY: SOL 476

I think I can work this out.

I'm on the very edge of a storm. I don't know its size or heading. But

it's moving, and that's something I can take ad ...

Chapter 24

The department heads stared at the satellite image on the projection

screen.

"Jesus," Mitch said. "What the hell happened?"

"The rover's on its side," Mindy said, pointing t ...

Chapter 25

LOG ENTRY: SOL 505

I finally made it! I'm at the MAV!

Well, right this second, I'm back in the rover. I did go in to the MAV

to do a systems check and boot-up. I had ...

Chapter 26

They gathered.

Everywhere on Earth, they gathered.

From Trafalgar Square to Tienanmen Square to Times Square, they

watched on giant screens. In offices they huddled around c ...