Author Martian facts

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The author of "The Martian" was also a computer programmer for Warcraft 2

Andy Weir, the author of The Martian, was so keen on getting every detail right, he wrote programs to calculate the orbital paths of spaceships that appear in the book.

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1. The author of The Martian, Andy Weir, has a deep fear of flying, which prevented him from traveling to Budapest to see the set of the film adaptation. But with medication and therapy, he was able to travel to NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston.

2. Andy Weir, author of "The Martian," also the wrote the copypasta "The Egg."

3. Andy Weir, author of "The Martian", also wrote the viral short story "The Egg".

4. The author of "The Martian" wrote a "Ready Player One" fanfic short story that was then later included in a special release by Ernest Cline

5. Andy Weir, the author of The Martian, is afraid of flying.

6. Ray Bradbury, (author of Fahrenheit 451, the Martian Chronicles), never learned to drive, saying that the "whole activity is stupid" and that he'd "seen too many people killed in [his] life".

7. Andy Weir's (author of The Martian) incredible short story "The Egg" is based on science