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    6 months ago

    The Martian made this list? There was nothing thought provoking about that movie, completly forgetable.

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      6 months ago

      The book was interesting, partly because of how it came to be (it was originally self-published and gained notoriety and support afterwards; quite the opposite of how publishing normally goes).

      Outside of Fifty Shades, that’s not common, especially in modern mass market literature.

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        6 months ago

        Well, books are always better that Hollywood adaptations. But other than watching him sort out how to survive, it had no deep sci-fi thought probing that I would think would warrant it as a much watch scifi classic.