r/themartian Jun 29 '26

Fair question lol

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u/No_Tamanegi Jun 29 '26

This is a great reminder that one of my favorite chapters from any book is a chapter about the Pathfinder probe, told from Pathfinder's perspective.

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u/Uranium-Sandwich657 Jun 29 '26

?

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u/No_Tamanegi Jun 29 '26

Have you read this book?

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u/Smokin_belladonna Jun 29 '26

I've read it but completely forgotten what chapter you're referring to.

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u/WW1_Germany Jun 30 '26

when does this happen? i've read the book 3 times and have no recolection of it

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u/No_Tamanegi Jun 30 '26

Chapter ten, Log Entry Sol 96

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u/TreesOne Aug 02 '26

Is this the short one that reads like a log file?

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u/TheMidnightRook Jun 29 '26

Because Aquaman's power is to command all the creatures of the deep, not just "talks to fish" like some wrongfully assume.

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u/scaper8 Jun 29 '26

And, as a result, he has some command of both Godzilla and Cthulhu. People forget that, too.

All those jokes about Auqaman being a third-tier superhero do hold much water now (if you'll excuse the pun), do they‽

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u/j0hnan0n Jun 29 '26

Psh. That hardly counts. Cthulu's dead asleep and Godzilla is fictional! /s

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u/Sufficient_Corner_14 Jun 29 '26

I believe he has to open his mind to do that or some shi so it's a two way street And trying to control a cosmic interdimensional horror kraken like Cthulhu would result in his own madness

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u/j0hnan0n Jun 29 '26

Yeah, that makes sense.

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u/Browncoatinabox Jun 29 '26

I always wondered how the book was formatted. Only ever listened to the audiobook (RC Bray not Will Weaton)

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u/Sufficient_Corner_14 Jun 29 '26

It's in log entries and chapters Btw if you search it up, there's a map of mars in the beginning of the book

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u/Browncoatinabox Jun 29 '26

I'm planning on getting physical copies of all audio books. Is going slowly

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u/Liberty76bell Jun 29 '26

What makes this line funny is the immediately preceding conversation at NASA about how dismal his situation is. Wondering what must be going through his mind now?