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1) The Martian
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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[2015]
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After a bad storm blows across Mars Astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet he must find a way to signal to Earth and in the meantime, survive on limited supplies.
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Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he's sure he'll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he's alive -- and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. Chances are, though,...
3) The Martian
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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[2016]
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After a bad storm blows across Mars, astronaut Mark Watney is presumed dead and left behind. Now stuck on a hostile planet, he must find a way to signal to Earth and, in the meantime, survive on limited supplies. Includes theatrical and unrated extended versions of the film.
5) The Martian
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Many writers of science fiction, who have not given the matter much thought, assume that a man of intelligence from one planet would meet a cordial and sympathetic welcome on another world. It is assumed that people are everywhere educated, curious about other worlds and other cultures, and eager to help a visitor from an alien race. Unfortunately there is no assurance that such is the case. Even were the members of another race, on another world...
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Billy and Jilly Watson ask Mikkee the Martian to explain the Bermuda Triangle.
Mikkee replies that it started when an alien spaceship crashed on Earth millions of years ago.
Signals between the Aliens and their home planet cause interruptions in the sea and air in the surrounding area, and ships and planes caught in the disturbance, are trapped in a time bubble, Mikkee takes the twins to visit one such bubble, where their ship is raided by pirates...
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The Martian (1898) is a novel by George du Maurier. Published posthumously, du Maurier's final novel is a semi-autobiographical account of his struggle with vision loss incorporating elements of fantasy and fairy tale fiction. Originally serialized in Harper's Magazine, The Martian is a powerful story of romance, tragedy, and redemption. "When so great a man dies, it is generally found that a tangled growth of more or less contentious literature has...
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Searching for relics. Discovering meaning.
When a sheet of metal is uncovered beneath the Martian sands, archaeologist Jack Carter is given a rare opportunity to travel to the red planet and the chance to make a discovery unlike any other in history.
But with the beautiful and mysterious Gemma at his side, there's more on Mars for Jack to discover than old relics. Far from the comfort of the world he loves, there's a chance of finding happiness...
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Book 1 of the The Accounts series. Humanity has finally managed to launch its first archaeological expedition to the planet Mars. Following decades of unmanned missions, and their confirmation of artificial structures there, a team has been sent to the red planet to excavate the ruins. They already knew about the Pyramids. They already knew about the Face. But what they discover about the people who built them and other structures like them is beyond...
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The Martian Chronicles (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Ray Bradbury
Making the reading experience fun!
Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: *Chapter-by-chapter analysis
*Explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols
*A review quiz and essay topics. Lively and accessible, these guides are perfect...
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CONCLUDING THIS GALACTIC SPACE OPERA TRILOGY..."One shall reign as death, destroyer of galaxies. One shall bring salvation for all. And the third, the thief, shall steal their souls."In this, the third and final part of Zen Dax's epic galactic search for his missing family, he discovers the Prophecy of Three brings him the answers he has devoted his life to discovering, but at a terrible price.The Jurassic War Universe Trilogy:Valiant.The Asteroid...
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Every planet has its mysteries.
Mars hires Drake for an assignment. Drakes needs the work. He gathers information. But Drake knows this is strange.
Can Drake find what he needs? Or will his conscience get the better of him?
If you love gripping, exciting, twisted sci-fi private eye short stories, you will love this story.
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A powerful science fiction story about an architect on Earth commissioned to create (via long distance) a masterwork with materials from the last abandoned Martian colony, a monument that will last thousands of years longer than Earth, which is dying.
At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Hallucination . . . or time travel? One man alone against the cosmos, creating his own reality! Exiled on Mars! Johnsmith Biberkopf escapes from a penal colony on the Red Planet and learns that his hallucinations are real-space and time can be manipulated. Kidnapped by Vikings who have sailed through the continua since ancient times, Johnsmith embarks on an epic adventure, an infinite journey through the multiverse. Facing alien menaces, he learns...
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Athena Lee and her sidekick Wilson return for this action packed adventure. Athena is sent to Mars on a secret mission to help capture a war criminal responsible for the deaths of thousands. He is hiding on the Planet Mars. Athena has family she had never met on the Red Planet. This is her chance to visit them. The Cabal has given the fugitive shelter and is plotting to rule. Mysteries and plots abound as Athena discovers the meaning of her inheritance....
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The thrilling second Chronological Man Adventure!
When a giant airship descends on New York City in 1892 and threatens destruction if the world doesn't submit to the Martian flag, it's up to the mysterious Smith, inventor and adventurer to find out what forces are at work.
From the dangerous basement fan-tan parlors of Chinatown to the top of the Statue of Liberty's torch, Smith and his brilliant assistant, April Malone, will have to unravel the...
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