Wheaton said he felt his performance was extra-important because another version of the audiobook already exists, one that audiences already love. He said that the publishers never fully explained to him why they chose him to narrate the new version of the audiobook but added that he was "so excited to bring the book to life, I chose not to keep asking those questions." I read that book when it came out," Wheaton said about "The Martian" in a separate interview with. Wheaton has narrated dozens of well-known sci-fi and science titles, including Ernest Cline's " Ready Player One (opens in new tab)" (Crown Publishing, 2011) and webcomic "xkcd" creator Randall Munroe's " What If? (opens in new tab)" (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014). So, the company asked Wheaton, who Weir described as a natural choice, to lend his voice to the book. But Audible was unable to come to an agreement with Podium to purchase the audiobook, and when the company asked Bray to rerecord the work, it couldn't meet his new budget, Weir explained. "So, Audible came in and said, 'We'll give you a pile of money for the rights.' I've personally always been a fan of huge piles of money," Weir said. With the rising success of both the site and the book, the audiobook company Audible looked to obtain the original audiobook of "The Martian." Meanwhile, Bray expanded his sci-fi audio readings and is now the narrator of 250 books. Since they collaborated on the audiobook, both of their careers took a great turn.įor Weir, "The Martian" ended up a Hollywood hit, with Matt Damon starring as Watney, and Weir also penned another hit space novel, called "Artemis" (Crown Publishing, 2017). "The Martian" is now available as an audiobook from Audible.
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