
I enjoyed the Martian and I'm enjoying this read but I have one complaint already. He's a scientist and does a really good job with the science in the book. But early on, he makes reference to ‘Another solar system' and I have a fundamental issue with that. There is only one Solar system (we're in it), named because our sun is called sol - hence solar.
There is not, nor can there ever be “another” solar system. Later on he starts referring to it as another star system, which is an accurate representation. I know nobody cares anymore about the real meaning of words, the acronym LASER became laser and, I'm guessing, he would argue that Solar system means this place and solar system, in some bizarre twist of the meaning, becomes a star system with only one star. I'm sorry, I'm for accuracy and any author that refers to another star system as a solar system has no idea what they're talking about.
A little long-winded for me, could have been shorter. Author often quoted conversations or testimony that didn't seem to make a point or relate to the current topic. Author also assumes that you know a lot about mccarthy (I read this book because I knew nothing about him) frequently referring to topics not covered yet on the book.