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What other great opening lines do you know?. (infosec.pub)
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[–] elvith@feddit.org 39 points 1 day ago (7 children)

I absolutely love the opening of The Martian by Andy Weir

I’m pretty much fucked. That’s my considered opinion. Fucked. Six days into what should be one of the greatest two months of my life, and it’s turned into a nightmare. I don’t even know who’ll read this. I guess someone will find it eventually. Maybe a hundred years from now. For the record…I didn’t die on Sol 6. Certainly the rest of the crew thought I did, and I can’t blame them. Maybe there’ll be a day of national mourning for me, and my Wikipedia page will say, “Mark Watney is the only human being to have died on Mars.”

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 13 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I just reread that and Project Hail Mary, because I finally read Artemis and needed more Andy Weir. That man tickles exactly the right part of my brain.

Now I’m onto the Bobiverse series and loving it.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Tried The Murderbot Diaries? Can't put my finger on it, but the series pairs nicely with the Bobiverse.

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

I haven’t yet, but it’s been suggested to me ever since I read the Dungeon Crawler Carl series, so it’s on my list.

[–] elvith@feddit.org 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I did that on a slightly different order, yes. But those are other books I'd recommend after reading the Martian.

It's a bit different, but do you know the short story "The Egg" of Andy Weir?

[–] TheRealKuni@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No! I saw it listed somewhere but I didn’t read it. Is it good?

[–] elvith@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

Very short and available online, so... Take 5 mins and see for yourself:

https://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html

Kurzgesagt also made a short animation "movie" for it: https://youtu.be/h6fcK_fRYaI

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