Reddit mentions of Space For Sale

So I'm a huge sci-fi fan, and like you, The Martian is one of the best goddamn books I've read in a long time. I absolutely love the science and technology bits in there, that's one of my favorite reasons for reading these kind of books. But the thing that really makes it a page-turner is the plot + the humor... my god, the humor in the Martian is perfect. That's exactly shit I could hear myself say in that situation haha.

Anyway. There's this other book/series that I've been reading that comes the closest to that combination of "humor+science+compelling plot" in my opinion.

Basically, the premise is a "what-if" scenario for SpaceX: What if Elon Musk actually did have most of the personality of Iron Man and was a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist? What if SpaceX did all their shit right?
There's a ton of science in it interspersed with the humor that makes it a wonderful read.

The titular character, Kingsley Pretorius, is South African like his real life 'counterpart', Elon Musk. Pretorius also created a online payment company called "PalPay" which he sold, and used that capital to found SolCity, Tezla, and SpacEx (vs. Musk's real life PayPal, SolarCity, Tesla, and SpaceX.)

From my Amazon review:

>I especially loved how the whole book takes place in the 'now', as it were, and continues into the very near future so it's not a huge stretch to actually imagine this taking place. As I've been interested in astronomy and all related fields, and I'm pretty decent at math and engineering, I actually enjoyed the portions of the book that delved into the science behind the technology, both the future ones and the details on the old/current implements. The cameos from the celebrities provided a good bit of comedic relief but also served as valuable character foils.

>The only drawback is that sometimes the transitions between time schemes and topics is a little abrupt; one page will be about the plot and then the next 2 paragraphs (but like, 5 pages) will be exposition on science. They were good, but I just didn't enjoy the transitions too much; the story was very gripping though.

>All in all, if you're somewhat science-y inclined, and astronomy/space happens to be included in that inclination, and you like reading and reminiscing about doing random drugs in Vegas also, give this a read. I'm pretty stoked for the next one.

It's called Space for Sale by Jeff Pollard, and the second one, Moon For Sale, is out. The third one should be out next year.

I've been doing some research.