The Martian and Science

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The Martian is considered to be one of the first Mars stories that is actually probable to reality, no monsters or aliens or anything like that. It is based of science and even tries its best to be as realistic to what living on Mars could be like. I think while reading this book I found it was an interesting an original mix between sci-fi and non-fiction. It was almost documentary in that is was documenting how Watney planned on getting through his time on Mars and trying to survive. In non-fiction, it stays as true to life as possible, many non-fiction stories being autobiographies or documentary style stories. It goes through his thought processes in a rational way and doesn't seem outlandish like most other science fiction stories. It could even be debated that The Martian is more of a science non-fiction than a science fiction novel. Although the story it tells is falls, it barely fits into the rest of other science fiction stories in how realistic it is. Most of the time science fiction includes completely made up aliens, unrealistic spaceships with fantastical abilities, and nearly superhero protagonists. This story is about a guy that got in a bad situation and has to learn to survive. It is similar to a survivalist novel but it just so happen to be in space. It goes into detail on how what he is doing makes sense and makes the viewer actually believe that these fantastical things could happen by backing it up with science and logic. It fascinating to see such a story thats actually plausible within the next hundred years and makes an unbelievable story entirely believable.

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