The Martian

When the third manned Mars expedition has to abort and return to Earth, one of the crew is erroneously presumed dead and left behind. Instead, he manages to solve the problems of survival, while NASA devises a plan to rescue him before his food reserves run out.

Three revisions of this story have been released. 1) The first was on the author's web site from 2009 to 2012. 2) Prior to posting to Amazon as a Kindle edition in late September 2012 the author hired Bryan Thomas Schmidt to copyedit the story. 3) Prior to print publication in February 2014 a Random House editor and the author did creative editing passes.^{(source: March 2016 e-mail from the author and this interview with Bryan Thomas Schmidt)} While the creative editing passes resulted in changes to the story, such as the very ending, they seem minor enough that we are retaining it under a single title record on ISFDB.

Year	Award	Category	Status
2014	Goodreads Choice Awards	Debut Goodreads Author	Nominee/Finalist
2014	Goodreads Choice Awards	Science Fiction	Winner
2015	Hugo Award	Best Novel	Nominee/Finalist
2015	John W. Campbell Memorial Award	Best Science Fiction Novel	Nominee/Finalist
2018	Goodreads Choice Awards	Best of Best	Nominee/Finalist