A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?

 
　　地球的現況看來不太妙，遠離此地，嶄新全新的生活，似乎是個不錯的選擇──那裡沒有氣候危機、沒有戰爭、沒有推特！航太技術的發展，也使得移民到太空的夢想，似乎不再那麼遙不可及……等等，這一切真的會如想像中美好嗎？兩位作者立志編寫出一本太空移民指南，然而在花了好幾年的時間做足研究後，卻發現自己越來越不能肯定，移民到太空會是個好主意。
 
　　作者韋納史密斯夫婦，一位是科學家、科學自媒體「Science……sort of」團隊成員，一位是知名網路漫畫家，兩人攜手用逗趣的漫畫插圖，包裝關於太空的科普知識，幽默解析許多我們感到好奇的問題，像是：
　　人類能在太空中繁衍下一代嗎？
　　應該由公司來管理太空居民嗎？
　　萬一在新世界發生戰爭了呢？
　　食物問題呢？喔！我好懷念地球上美味的食物……
 
　　別以為這只是本搞笑的圖文書，韋納史密斯夫婦前一本書作《拯救或毀滅世界的十種新創科技》（Soonish）憑藉著深厚的專業知識、風趣幽默的內容，不但登上紐約時報暢銷書，還同時被《華爾街日報》和《科技時代》選為年度最佳科普書。
 
　　《火星城市》用幽默的筆法和插圖，深入探討了在另一個星球上建立社會所需的真實條件。(文/博客來編譯)

* THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * Scientific American’s #1 Book for 2023 * 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 Twitter--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 business 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 perhaps the biggest questions humanity will ever ask itself--whether and how to become multiplanetary.

Get in, we’re going to Mars.

The Weinersmiths, a wife-and-husband research team, cowrote the New York Times bestselling popular science book Soonish, a Wall Street Journal and Popular Science book of the year. Dr. Kelly Weinersmith is an adjunct faculty member in the biosciences department at Rice University. Her research has been featured in The Atlantic, National Geographic, BBC World, Science, and Nature. Zach Weinersmith makes the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. He illustrated the New York Times bestselling Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration, and his work has been featured in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Forbes, Science Friday, Foreign Policy, PBS, and elsewhere. The Weinersmiths live on an old farm in Virginia with their two children.

The Weinersmiths, a wife-and-husband research team, co-wrote the New York Times bestselling Soonish, a Wall Street Journal and Popular Science book of the year. Dr. Kelly Weinersmith is an adjunct faculty member in the BioSciences Department at Rice University. Her research has been featured in The Atlantic, National Geographic, BBC World, Science, and Nature. Zach Weinersmith makes the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. He illustrated the New York Times bestselling Open Borders: The Science and Ethics of Immigration and his work has been featured in The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Forbes, Science Friday, Foreign Policy, PBS, and elsewhere. The Weinersmiths live on an old farm in Virginia with their two children.