A few diary entries from Mark Watney before he goes to Mars.

(And I think I just realized that AssCans are astronaut candidates.) ( )

Wow, short & quick. ( )

This short prequel made me wanna reread the martian!! I remembered what a good story that was ( )

A quick, worthwhile read for all those who enjoyed [b:The Martian|18007564|The Martian|Andy Weir|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1413706054s/18007564.jpg|21825181]. ( )

Let's be clear: this is not a short story. This feels like some cutting room floor stuff from an aborted prologue to The Martian. It has no plot, it relies on the reader knowing what's coming in the novel, and there's no new insights here whatsoever.

You know how, when you go to the deleted scenes section of a DVD and watch them, and you think, yup, I get why they cut that, that was lame. Yeah, that's what you think after finishing this.

This is not a short story. It's a curiosity that was better left in the "edited out" folder on Weir's computer. ( )