Andy Weir - The Martian (2011)

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Once I got home, I sulked for a while. All my brilliant plans foiled by thermodynamics. Damn you, Entropy!

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I started the day with some nothin' tea. Nothin' tea is easy to make. First, get some hot water, then add nothin'.

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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.

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Problem is (follow me closely here, the science is pretty complicated), if I cut a hole in the Hab, the air won't stay inside anymore.

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By my reckoning, I'm about 100 kilometers from Pathfinder. Technically it's called Carl Sagan Memorial Station. But with all due respect to Carl, I can call it whatever the hell I want. I'm the King of Mars.

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