“The Martian” was originally self-published as an eBook in 2001 and subsequently published in hard cover in a different form in the United States by Crown Publishing Group in 2014.
“The Martian” was written to show the amazing ingenuity that helps humans survive, and how humans come together to save one of their own when a human is in trouble.
What led up the creation of The Martian By Andy Weir? Well, Andy Weir liked science fiction novels as a kid, and he still does, so he wrote his own science fiction survival book. He is also a space nerd, so that probablycontributed to the creation of “The Martian” By Andy Weir.
Source: Andy Weir's short biography on the back cover of The Martian book.
