The Martian.
I'm about 30 pages into it and, in my earlier days, I would have stayed up into the wee hours to finish it.*
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* I've done that before. When I was in college, on a quiet Friday night, I was browsing the stacks of the library. I checked out a 19th Century edition of The Three Musketeers and took it back to my dorm room. I thought I'd read a chapter or two before going to sleep.
Next think I knew, I had finished the book and it was 0530.
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I had that problem with the Spenser novels. Can't describe them as fine literature, but I learned that once I started one, I would have to finish it in one sitting.
ReplyDeleteI'll have to get The Martian.
I did that one forty years ago with Jack of Shadows. I hadn't smoked anything, nobody saw me, and you can't prove a thing.
ReplyDeleteGood old Shadow Jack, eh? An engrossing read, with an interesting world concept. I to have on more than a few occasions spent the night reading rather than sleeping. It's remarkable how the wave of sleepiness rushes over you as you finish the book...along with a wave of regret...with the inevitable call to report you are sick and cannot work.
ReplyDeleteI've stayed up too many times after saying to myself "just one more chapter'. Having an e-reader and overdrive installed doesn't help. Finish book one, log in to the library and grab book two...
ReplyDeleteThe Martian is an excellent read. I was up all night reading as well. I'm pretty excited about the movie but then tito neve as good as the book. Being an ex engineer I was fascinated by the detail of this novel yet it was still fast moving.
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ReplyDeleteExcellent book. An over-niter, sigh... Should make a great movie, if the preview is an indicator.
ReplyDeleteOne of the MythBusters, Adam Savage, did an interview with the author. That's a really good video. Might be better to watch after reading the book, though. Long, 55 minutes!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SemyzKgaUU
movie trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej3ioOneTy8
Last time I did that was with Debt of Honor. I'm older now, and accidents like these are much less likely.
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