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Re:Andy Weir’s Best Seller ‘The Martian’ Gets a Classroom-Fr... by djrogers on Monday February 27, 2017 @12:47PM (#13746131)
> for the sake of a few minor swear words

There are two F-bombs in the opening sentences, and over 160 swear words throughout. I'm not cool with my 8 year old walking around dropping F-bombs, and I'm not sure why you think it's your place to tell me I should be...

I can't wait for my son to read this book, but in it's original form it was completely inappropriate for him. I'm glad to hear this is available now - it's going on the Kindle soon.

Re:Andy Weir’s Best Seller ‘The Martian’ Gets a Classroom-Fr... by EdwardCoffin on Monday February 27, 2017 @05:16PM (#13748895)
They are talking about eighth-graders, not eight-year-olds.