Q 01/05
A) Kim Stanley Robinson
B) Ernest Cline
C) Blake Crouch
D) Andy Weir
Answer · why
He later wrote Artemis and Project Hail Mary.
Q 02/05
A) As a hardback from Crown
B) As a serial on his blog
C) As a serial in Analog magazine
D) As a free podcast series
Answer · why
Crown bought the print rights in 2013 for over $100,000 and published it in February 2014.
Q 03/05
A) Free
B) $2.99
C) 99 cents
D) $9.99
Answer · why
It sold 35,000 copies in three months and shot to the top of Amazon's science-fiction chart.
Q 04/05
A) Geology
B) Chemistry
C) Botany
D) Medicine
Answer · why
In the novel he is also the crew's mechanical engineer.
Q 05/05
A) Apollo 18
B) Hermes I
C) Olympus II
D) Ares III
Answer · why
The story is set in 2035, on the plain of Acidalia Planitia.
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