Based on the book of the same name written by Andy Weir, The Martian is about human strength and courage in the face of staggering obstacles.

‘Tis the season for television’s biggest networks, FOX, NBC, and ABC, to start spewing out new shows that may or may not get picked up for a second season. But the question is, which of them are worth the watch?

All the Light We Cannot See, written by Anthony Doerr, begins its very first lines as such: “At dusk they pour from the sky. They blow across the ramparts, turn cartwheels over rooftops, flutter into the ravines between houses.” Just that could make someone want to read further, to see what these things are, what could possibly be moving so quickly, so artfully through the sky.