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Over six months, 35,000 copies were sold, with Weir earning 30 cents on each one.

He sold it for the lowest possible price: 99 cents. After a small follow­ing started to build, Weir got a request to put it on an e-reader, which he did (also for free), and soon after, fans asked for it to be put on Amazon. He spent three years writing the story, posting a new chapter every few weeks on his website, where readers could catch up on the trials of Mark Watney for free. Then, in 2009, Weir started writing a book about an astronaut stranded on the red planet, infusing it with extensive research. How 'The Martian's' Ridley Scott Replicated Mars in the Middle East “So after three years, I went back into computer programming and I decided writing would just be a hobby.” I couldn’t get an agent, no publishers were interested,” he says. “It was the standard story of woe that you get from any author. But he couldn’t get any traction with his sci-fi novel, titled Theft of Pride. “I had a pretty good severance package, and I had some stock options, and I realized I could go about three years without having to work,” says Weir, 43. In the late 1990s, Weir, a computer programmer by trade, attempted to make a career out of being a writer after AOL laid him off. But the author’s journey to his current success was as unlikely as his protagonist’s survival alone on Mars for more than 500 days. 12 on The New York Times hardcover fiction list in March 2014, topped Amazon’s digital list and has been a NYT paperback trade fiction best-seller for 55 weeks. This story first appeared in a special awards-season issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.Īndy Weir’s The Martian debuted at No.