Sample · Science Fiction, Survival, Adventure

Listen to The Martian

A short excerpt from The Martian by Andy Weir, narrated by Miles. Try other narrators below, then bring your own DRM-free copy to hear the whole book.
Narrated by
Miles
Lucid, engrossing male voice, ideal for tech tips, creative productivity hacks, and supportive user interface tutorials.
I’m pretty much fucked. That’s my considered opinion. Fucked. Six days into what should be the greatest two months of my life, and it’s turned into a nightmare. I don’t even know who’ll read this. I guess someone will find it eventually. Maybe a hundred years from now.

About this sample

Mark Watney’s log entries are plain-spoken and profane. Miles reads them lucid and engaging, more engineer than actor, which is how Watney sounds in your head.
The excerpt is the book’s opening passage, a few sentences long, generated with the same narration pipeline the app uses for whole books. Every narrator you can pick above is available for your own files, in this and 40+ other languages.

How to listen to all of The Martian

1.
Get a DRM-free ebook of The Martian (see the guide on where to find DRM-free ebooks; store purchases with DRM cannot be opened).
2.
Drop the file above or open Book2Speech and choose it. Chapters are detected and front matter is skipped.
3.
Pick Miles or any other narrator and press play. The narration streams within seconds and your position syncs to the iPhone app.

What this page is not

Book2Speech does not sell or distribute audiobooks of The Martian; the rights belong to the author and publisher. This page demonstrates how the narrator sounds on a well-known text. To listen to the book you need your own copy.

Questions people ask

Can I download an audiobook of The Martian here?

No. Book2Speech narrates files you own; it does not provide the book itself.

Can I use a different narrator?

Yes. Tap any voice above to hear the same passage; 260+ narrators are available for your own books.

Is the sample the real product?

Yes. It was generated by the same pipeline that narrates whole books in the app.
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