Rabid readers of Andy Weir’s hit survival tale The Martian have been wondering what the computer programer-turned hard sci-fi author would write next – but the wait is over. But the distinction here is all about short stories (or short comics) which ...

After Andy Weir’s first book, The Martian, was turned into a Oscar-nominated movie, scientists weighed in on a few parts of the plot where Andy Weir had taken some fictional liberties. The storm that blows Mark Watney away from the rest of his crew?

For Andy Weir, the wild success of his debut novel “The Martian,” which went from self-published to best seller, and then a blockbuster movie, seemed to set the bar for his next book somewhere in outer space. “It was way harder,” Weir says.

Ridley Scott's 2015 hit movie "The Martian" grossed $228 million and gave NASA a real-life publicity boost. The movie was based on the best-selling book by first-time author Andy Weir. Now, Weir is out with his second novel called "Artemis," a murder ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. It's no surprise that science fiction writer Andy Weir, author of the acclaimed novel "The Martian," stopped by NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston ...

In 2014, Bay Area software engineer Andy Weir hit the first-novelist jackpot with “The Martian,” a genial sci-fi update of “Robinson Crusoe” set on the Red Planet. First self-published online and benefiting from a cadre of science-minded beta ...