Zach Weinersmith (author of webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal) and his wife Kelly (biologist at Rice University) have written a book called A City on Mars. The New York Times published an opinion piece based on this book. The latest SMBC strip supposedly has a link to this article, but it doesn’t go there right now. No problem, there’s other ways to get there. (gift link)
I have not gotten my copy of the book yet, although I’m eagerly awaiting it.
The book A City on Mars came some time after I posted upthread. It came in a relatively thin cardboard (recyclable) envelope with no plastic in the packaging. Very good.
I’m now near the beginning of Chapter 3 which is about the “orientationless mambo” (sex in space; ducks while everyone runs out and gets the book). BTW, it also covers when pigs fly (dead pigs on the Vomit Comet used as practice for microgravity surgery; oops, everyone changes their mind about buying it).
Anyone who’s at all interested in space should get this book. If you’re a space junkie, it probably won’t tell you much you haven’t already heard before, but read it anyway. It’s good.