* THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Winner of the Hugo Award * Scientific American’s #1
Book for 2023 * Winner of Royal Society's Trivedi Prize * A Guardian Best Book of 2024 * A New
York Times Book Review Editors' Choice * A Times Best Science and Environment Book of 2023 * A
Tor.com Best Book of 2023 * “Exceptional. . . Forceful engaging and funny . . . This book
will make you happy to live on this planet — a good thing because you’re not leaving anytime
soon.” — New York Times Book Review From the bestselling authors of Soonish a brilliant and
hilarious off-world investigation into space settlement EARTH IS NOT WELL. The promise of
starting life anew somewhere far far away—no climate change no war no doomscrolling—beckons
and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Critically acclaimed
bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith set out to write the essential guide to a
glorious future of space settlements but after years of research they aren’t so sure it’s a
good idea. Space technologies and space businesses are progressing fast but we lack the
knowledge needed to have space kids build space farms and create space nations in a way that
doesn’t spark conflict back home. In a world hurtling toward human expansion into space A City
on Mars investigates whether the dream of new worlds won’t create nightmares both for settlers
and the people they leave behind. In the process the Weinersmiths answer every question about
space you’ve ever wondered about and many you’ve never considered: Can you make babies in
space? Should corporations govern space settlements? What about space war? Are we headed for a
housing crisis on the Moon’s Peaks of Eternal Light—and what happens if you’re left in the
Craters of Eternal Darkness? Why do astronauts love taco sauce? Speaking of meals what’s the
legal status of space cannibalism? With deep expertise a winning sense of humor and art from
the beloved creator of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal the Weinersmiths investigate
per-haps the biggest questions humanity will ever ask itself—whether and how to become
multiplanetary. Get in we’re going to Mars.
