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Unlike Mark Watney, who knows exactly who he is and where he stands, the protagonist, Ryland Grace, wakes up with no memory. He knows he is a junior high school science teacher. He does not know he is a coward. This amnesia is Weir’s most ingenious narrative device. Grace remembers the facts of physics—the Stefan-Boltzmann law, specific heat capacity, orbital mechanics—but has forgotten the moral calculus that led him to the stars.

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I pace around the spin gravity section of the ship. I have a spring in my step. I haven’t been this happy since... well, since I found out I wasn’t alone on this ship. Unlike Mark Watney, who knows exactly who he

If you haven’t read it yet, prepare for a journey that is as intellectually stimulating as it is heart-wrenching. This amnesia is Weir’s most ingenious narrative device

The biggest challenge will be Rocky. In the book, he communicates via musical tones. The filmmakers have reportedly created a full musical language for the character, and he will be voiced by a major actor (rumors suggest it will be a motion-capture performance by someone like Josh Brolin or, in a perfect world, Danny DeVito for comedic timing). If they get Rocky right, this movie could be a cultural phenomenon.