When Andy Weir’s The Martian came out in 2014, some people said it was like “Robinson Crusoe in space.” But just as Robinson Crusoe is a good enough of an idea to work in multiple stories, so too is Robinson Crusoe in space. Hence we have Binary/System (paperback, digital), an epic new sci-fi novel by Helix writer Eric Brown.
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