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1	[[SturgeonsLaw Proof that the remaining 10% is worth going to Mars for:]]
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3	These are recommendations made by Tropers for ''Literature/TheMartian'', so please be sure to sign them all. No-name recommendations will be given only potatoes to eat. Also warn if your fic contains mature content such as sexual moments, swearing, blood and gore, etc. Keep your synopses and reviews short and share as much as you can with your other tropers in the Discussion page.
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5	Do warn when a fanfic may head into non-canon or into a territory of its own canon. Some people just don't like it, and as we all know, {{Shipping}} is SeriousBusiness.
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14	[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/4861268/chapters/11140619 #BringHimHome]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/MelRows/works MelRows]]
15	* Recommended by Polaris
16	* Status: Complete
17	* Synopsis: Mark Watney will need to buy a lot of people beers. (A collection of in-world oneshots cataloging the world's reactions. From the news to social media and from regular people to NASA rover techs.)
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20	[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/5465561 You Know You Have a Permanent Piece of My Medium-Sized American Heart]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/tricatular/works tricatular]]
21	* Recommended by: Polaris
22	* Status: Complete
23	* Synopsis: NASA starts releasing Watney's logs to the public. Social media reacts.
24	* Comments: Features lovely crew-as-family moments, Mark readjusting to life away from Mars, the entire world fretting over Mark like a worried grandmother, SCIENCE!, and many, many memes.
25	* Note: Movie-levels of swearing.
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27	[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/7763623/chapters/17705260 Just Keep Going]] and its sequel [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/7792390/chapters/17777227 I Win, Mars]] as well as an unfinished third part [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10038086/chapters/22372166 Everything After]]. Also on fanfiction.net [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1812438/chuck-is-god here]].
28	* Recommended by: NCToni
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30	** ''Just Keep Going'': Complete
31	** ''I Win, Mars'': Complete
32	** ''Everything After'': Ongoing/Dormant
33	* Synopsis: Following Mark Watney through canon before, during and after the Ares III mission.
34	* Comments: A fascinating, heart-wrenching, astonishingly well written reimagining of the novel, focusing on the immense mental, emotional and physical consequences of Watney's time on Mars. Delves deep into the effects of solitude, trauma, and mental illness. Dark, but ultimately hopeful.
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36	[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/10937319/chapters/24333705 Earth or Bust]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/sirtalen/works sirtalen]]
37	* Recommended by: rday
38	* Status: Complete
39	* Synopsis: Watney still has a lot of talking to do as the crew of the ''Hermes'' returns to Earth after his rescue.
40	* Tags: Sequel
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43	[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12907427/1/The-Martians The Martians]] by [=JPAnderson=]
44	* Recommended by Tropers/{{lalalei2001}}
45	* Status: Complete
46	* Synopsis: What if Lewis found Mark in the storm?
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48	[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11458557/1/The-Anti-Spud-League The Anti-Spud League]] by Stratagem
49	* Recommended by Tropers/{{lalalei2001}}
50	* Status: Complete
51	* Synopsis: Mark explains a little about why he doesn't eat potatoes to his friends' daughter. Now expanded to further short stories about Chris and Beth Beck's daughter Callie.
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56	[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/15448572/chapters/35858775 Close to Home]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/Glowstick/pseuds/Glowstick Glowstick]]
57	* Recommended by: Capt Equinox
58	* Status: In Progress
59	* Synopsis: Like ''Just Keep Going,'' focuses on the devastating effects of solitude and stress, in a "What If Mark Had Never Managed To Communicate With Earth" scenario, showing his plans to survive for four years until he can meet the Ares 4 mission, and then what happens after he does.
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61	[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12552407/1/How-Martians-Survive-Earth How Martians Survive Earth]] by solstar16
62	* Recommended by Tropers/{{lalalei2001}}
63	* Status: Dormant since 2017
64	* Synopsis: Mark Watney and his struggles back on Earth with normality. Drabbles and oneshots. Profanity.
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73	[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/7926175/chapters/18113443 the amazing space opera of mark watney]] by [[https://archiveofourown.org/users/CerinityKS/pseuds/CerinityKS CerinityKS]]
74	* Recommended by: Starfire2
75	* Status: Complete
76	* Synopsis: Mark Watney gets recruited by an OOC Rich Purnell is sent on an undercover mission in a corrupt N.A.S.A (which is implied to be a corporate version of Starfleet from Star Trek) to gain information for the Congregate (implied to be a militaristic organization under the orders of the government but also similar to a spy organization) on the director of N.A.S.A., Teddy Sanders. along the way he has to hide his identity from the crew of the Ares 3 under a fake name, and gets shot at.
77	* Pairing: Beck/Watney
78	* Tags: Undercover, Alternate Universe - Space
79	* Comments: I'm a big fan of hidden identity fanfics, and I found this through the book/movie's wiki. It became one of my favorite fics, which is no easy feat (to date I only have 3 favorite fanfics, and only one other favorite thing). Read if you want a badass crew, action, Beck and Watney going on cute dates (no explicit sex involved, just mentions of it occuring), and the complications that come with being undercover, all with elements from The Martian, this story is for you!
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92	''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12132219/1/Big-Hero-Martian Big Hero Martian]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/984340/althor42 althor42]] Also on [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/7946437/chapters/18167656 AO3]] under Anonymous.
93	* Recommended by Kalaong
94	* Crossover with: ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''
95	* Status: Complete.
96	* Synopsis: There would have been no rescue for Mark, if NASA had not noticed he was still alive. Unless of course, a certain Big Hero noticed instead.
97	* Comments: A fun, [[ShownTheirWork well-researched]] romp where Mark Watney gets rescued by a TeenGenius instead of an international effort. Notable for exploring the consequences of such an act. Teen Genius builds a spaceship? [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} impounds it]]. Teen Genius ''launches'' said spaceship? [[spoiler:UsefulNotes/NorthKorea ''lanches anti-satellite weapons'' at it]]. Teen Genius returns to Earth, expecting international acclaim? [[spoiler:TheGovernment immediately invokes the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invention_Secrecy_Act Invention Secrecy Act]], leaving him with ''[[TaxmanTakesTheWinnings nothing]]'' except [[ResignationsNotAccepted a NASA draft]] for his trouble. Maybe he'll get to build another ship in five years. And maybe he'll get to ride in another one in '''twenty'''. Hey, he might even get to own one of his ships - in '''''thirty''''' years]].
98	[[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/396744/the-maretian The Maretian]] by [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/396744/the-maretian Kris Overstreet]] (Now has its own [[Fanfic/ChangelingSpaceProgramAndTheMaretian page]].)
99	* Recommended by: Philosophysics
100	* Status: Completed on 2018-10-19, got an epilogue on 2019-04-01.
101	* Crossover with: ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''
102	* Synopsis: Twilight Sparkle's experimental interplanetary drive has malfunctioned, stranding Starlight Glimmer, Spitfire, Cherry Berry, a changeling and a dragon on a hostile planet in another universe. With limited food supplies, very little magic, no communications with home, and no way to leave the planet, they must survive until somepony rescues them.\
103	Fortunately they crashed right next door to another creature with the exact same problem- a creature named Mark Watney.\
104	They're going to have to science the buck out of everything- and do whatever it takes to survive Mars and get everybody home.\
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106	Mark Watney just got stranded on Mars. Planning for survival on a hostile planet is hard enough. Planning for survival on a hostile planet with a dragon, a bug thing, a horse, a pegasus, and a unicorn that came in on a bedazzled rocket ship straight out of a toy line for girls? Well, survival just got a lot harder.\
107	They're going to have to science the buck out of everything.
108	* Tags: Crossover
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