I suspect there are a lot of fans of science fiction in our ranks and with that I would like to suggest The Martian by Andy Weir as a real good read. The basic plot is that there is a failed manned expedition to Mars and in the rush to get back to Earth one crewman is presumed dead and so left at base camp. But he's not dead.
He is in a fine pickle of course and the only way to survive is to MacGyver his way out of some really difficult situations.
And now we take a turn. I believe the best MacGyver artist in the CL Stunt community to be Brett Buck. Even if he is not the best he is certainly the most well known.
Brett is also a smart-ass, albeit what I call a good smart-ass.
Just like primary character in this book. Not only that, but I know Brett well enough that early on it was realized that not only does he understand all the MacGyver Maneuvers required he could quite likely pull them off.
That's it, no spoiler alert need be posted. But let me give you one quote which quite nicely illustrates above comment.
"Finally, I fired up the fuel plant, and it got to work making the additional fuel I'd need.
I'll need to go through this process several more times as the launch date approaches. I'm even going to electrolyze my urine. That'll make for a pleasant smell in the trailer.
If I survive this, I'll tell people I was pissing rocket fuel."
Exactly the sort of thing Brett would say in such a situation.
Enjoy the story, it is quite good in all ways.
Dan
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