Review: Artemis, by Andy Weir

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Pity poor Andy Weir. After starting his artistic career writing and drawing the fantasy comedy webcomic Casey and Andy, followed by the lesser, unfinished comic Cheshire Crossing, in 2011 he began serializing The Martian on his website, mostly for his own amusement. After finishing it he self-published it on Amazon at the behest of his followers, only offering it for 99 cents because he couldn't figure out how to give it away for free.

  The rest, as they say, is history. After selling thousands of copies, The Martian was picked up by Crown Publishing for a print release, became a New York Times bestseller, and then a major film release in 2016. It was the most amazing publishing phenomenon since J.K. Rowling wrote her short little fantasy novel about a kid going to a magical English boarding school.

  Then, like Rowling, he had to figure out what to do next.

  ( Luna's Eleven )