After some history books it was time for the future. Since the future is unwritten, it was time for fiction. The Martian was pretty great. I like Mark, and he was able to surprise me throughout the book. Other than being left behind on Mars he was pretty lucky. At one point, when he thinks he’s really going to be able to go home, he talks about how it’ll be strange to heave his home, and I thought, “oh no, here comes the PTSD.”