{"product_id":"9780998996516","title":"The Martian Ones: Tales of Human Folly","description":"\u003cph style=\"font:italic small-caps bold 31px\/24px Garamond, Georgia, Times, Serif;width:200px;\"\u003eContrary to \"The Martian\" by Andy Weir in which Matt Damon resolves to \"science the shit out of this,\" these characters have a much bleaker outcome on Mars because of the company they keep...other humans.\u003c\/ph\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe mission to Mars is doomed. Just like the mission to Earth has been a colossal failure. We had one job to do when God (or the aliens) put us here on this planet: team work. Instead, we are at the brink of extinction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book explores scenarios about the way in which humanity botches the proposed mission to colonize Mars through a series of tales of human folly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom an evil scientist bent on creating a human\/alien race to kill off and replace people, Martian pioneers lost in space, and Martian colonists murdering and raping in the absence of law and order--to cannibalism, public executions, and a zombie virus outbreak that infects everyone all the way up to the President of the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt seems that no scenario is favorable for humanity's dream of reaching the stars other than, perhaps, by ceasing to be human altogether.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"RPM Publisher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47036256157936,"sku":"9780998996516","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780998996516_p0.jpg?v=1763946133","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780998996516","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}