>>>Enjoyed this. You may too.
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>>>Science Fiction but not fantasy ray gun warp drive stuff.
>>>
>>>http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Martian-Andy-Weir/dp/0091956137
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>>I'll buy it....
>
>Interesting that he self published it first.

Hmm. Didn't see that. I would think that if he was successfully self-publishing he would make more money than accepting a publishing deal (but, then again, I don't know what the deal was....)