by Andy Weir
This is a book about a scientist/high school teacher who is forced to go on a mission into space to try to defeat an organism that is reducing the heat from the sun. When he wakes up in space he finds that his two other colleagues have died during the course of their suspended animation. He has to figure out how the ship operates by studying details on the computer screen.
After a few days he discovers another ship nearby. He is worried it could be harmful. The alien ship creates a connecting tunnel between it and his ship. He takes a risk and moves through the tunnel where he meets a creature that looks like a big rock with several arms. He names him rocky. Eventually they are able to communicate and work together to defeat the dangerous organism. It was interesting how they learned to communicate.
The scientist was the first one to research the dangerous substance. That is why he was sent on the voyage. He knows his trip is a one way voyage, he doesn't have enough fuel to get back to earth. He sends a probe back to earth with details of what he discovered. He is reconciled to dying alone but ends up going to Rocky's planet and becomes a teacher there.
I saw the movie version before I read the book. Personally I think the movie was better than the book. The book gets quite bogged down in the middle with technical stuff and details of rocky moving into his ship and taking up all the room in it. I think the movie captured the essence of the story well. There was a lot more humour in the movie than in the book.
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