Virtual Author Talk: A City on Mars: The Science and Absurdities of Space Settlement with Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
Join us for an out-of-this-world conversation with New York Times bestselling authors Kelly and Zach Weinersmith as they dive into their book, A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?
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Can’t join us live? After the talk, you can watch a recording of the talk at your convenience.
About the Authors:
Zach Weinersmith is best known as the cartoonist of the comic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. He also co-wrote the bestselling science books Soonish and A City on Mars with his wife, and worked with the artist Boulet to create a children’s retelling of the story of Beowulf called Bea Wolf.
Dr. Kelly Weinersmith is an adjunct faculty member at Rice University, and is currently President of the Helminthological Society of Washington and the American Society of Parasitologists. Her research on animal behavior and parasites has been featured in The Atlantic, National Geographic, BBC World, Science, Nature, and more. Kelly co-wrote the New York Times bestsellers Soonish: Ten Emerging Technologies That’ll Improve And/Or Ruin Everything and A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have We Really Thought This Through?. In 2024, she and her co-author/husband Zach received a Hugo Award and the Royal Society Trivedi Book Prize for A City on Mars. Kelly is also co-host of the podcast Daniel and Kelly’s Extraordinary Universe.
About the Virtual Author Talk Program
This talk is part of our Virtual Author Talk program that showcases award-winning, and highly acclaimed authors from around the world. The featured writers cover a wide range of fiction, health and wellness, variety and lifestyle, cooking, and nonfiction genres. The talks are brought to you in partnership with the Library Speakers Consortium. This free, virtual series takes place five times a month and includes the opportunity to ask questions to the author. If you can’t watch a talk live, you can always watch a recording of the talk.
For a list of upcoming talks and to access recordings of previous talks, visit the library’s Virtual Author Talks website.