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EP 30 How Andy Weir went from being an unknown sci-fi writer to a Matt Damon starring Hollywood blockbuster

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The Martian - The Best Selling Science Fiction Book

The book deal and film deal came together four days apart. "It was like the biggest fantasy I'd ever had in my life," he says of his success as a writer. The Martian is available on Kindle for 99 cents; it has sold more than 100,000 copies so far.

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