# A City on Mars

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- Authors: [Kelly Weinersmith](https://www.bookquiver.com/kelly-weinersmith)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2023-11-07

## Description

Earth is not well. The promise of starting life anew somewhere far, far away - no climate change, no war, no Twitter - beckons, and settling the stars finally seems within our grasp. Or is it? Bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith set out to write the essential guide to a glorious future of space settlements, but after years of original research, and interviews with leading space scientists, engineers and legal experts, they aren't so sure it's a good idea. Space tech and space business are progressing fast, but we lack the deep 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 a nightmare, both for settlers and the people they leave behind. With deep expertise, a winning sense of humour and art from the beloved creator of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal , the Weinersmiths investigate perhaps the biggest questions humanity will ever ask itself - whether and how to become multiplanetary.

## Editions

### A City on Mars

- Publisher: Penguin Books
- ISBN: 978-19-8488-174-8
- Pages: 448
- Published: 2025-07-29
- Language: en_US

### A City on Mars

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: audio
- Length: 11 h 19 min
- Narrated by: Brittany Pressley, Kelly Weinersmith, Zach Weinersmith
- ISBN: 978-18-3731-037-1
- Published: 2025-02-20
- Language: en_GB

### A City on Mars

- Publisher: Penguin
- ISBN: 978-01-4199-330-0
- Pages: 448
- Published: 2024-10-10
- Language: en_GB

### A City on Mars

- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4199-334-8
- Published: 2023-11-07
- Language: en_GB

### A City on Mars

- Publisher: Penguin Books
- ISBN: 978-19-8488-172-4
- Pages: 448
- Published: 1900-01-01
- Language: en_US

## This book in other languages

- [Město na Marsu](https://www.bookquiver.com/kelly-weinersmith/cs/mesto-na-marsu) (cs_CZ)
- [Miasto na Marsie. Czy możemy skolonizować kosmos, czy powinniśmy to robić i czy naprawdę mamy to dobrze przemyślane?](https://www.bookquiver.com/kelly-weinersmith/pl/miasto-na-marsie-czy-mozemy-skolonizowac-kosmos-czy-powinnismy-to-robic-i-czy-naprawde-mamy-to-dobrze-przemyslane) (pl_PL)