@article{723295,
      note = {"Originally self-published as an ebook in 2011 and  subsequently published in hardcover in a different form in  the United States by Crown Publishers...and as a trade  paperback by Broadway Books...in 2014"--Title page verso.},
      author = {Weir, Andy,},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/723295},
      title = {The Martian : a novel /},
      abstract = {"When a dust storm forces his crew to evacuate the planet  while thinking him dead, astronaut Mark Watney finds  himself stranded on Mars's surface, completely alone. Armed  with nothing but his ingenuity, his engineering skills--and  a gallows sense of humor that proves to be his greatest  source of strength--Mark embarks on a dogged quest to stay  alive, but will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome  the impossible odds against him?"--page 4 of cover},
      recid = {723295},
      pages = {435 pages :},
}