# Sex and the City on Mars **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-city-on-mars/992708 "2023-11-06T19:52:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-city-on-mars/992708/1 "2023-11-06T19:52:35Z")
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) > **[Opinion | Space Billionaires Should Spend More Time Thinking About Sex](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/05/opinion/space-billionaires-sex.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8Uw.54fa.AOW_Iuq6GNp_&smid=url-share)** > > It’s time to talk about the extraterrestrial birds and the bees. I have not gotten my copy of the book yet, although I’m eagerly awaiting it. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-city-on-mars/992708/2 "2023-11-16T19:38:42Z")
I’m confused. Is it “Sex, and _ **The City on Mars** _” or “_ **Sex and the City** _, on Mars”? ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-city-on-mars/992708/3 "2023-11-16T20:01:45Z")
> [@terentii](#): > > Is it “Sex, and _ **The City on Mars** _” or “_ **Sex and the City** _, on Mars”? Why yes, yes it is. As for the book, I’ve gotten a notice that it’s on the way. Has not arrived yet. ---
**Author:** ![terentii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terentii/32/212_2.png) [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-city-on-mars/992708/4 "2023-11-16T20:04:22Z")
So … you don’t know either? 🤨 ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 16, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-city-on-mars/992708/5 "2023-11-16T20:09:08Z")
I’m not saying. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2023, 10:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-city-on-mars/992708/6 "2023-11-17T10:26:13Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sex-and-the-city-on-mars/992708/7 "2023-11-24T10:50:45Z")
Just finished reading _A City on Mars_. I don’t really have much to add to the above, except to note the last line of the Acknowledgments: > [@](#): > > Many people contributed to the development of this book, but ultimately any mistakes that remain in the text are entirely the fault of Phil Plait. BTW, here’s Phil’s review of the book: > **[Wanna build “A City on Mars”? Better read this book first](https://badastronomy.substack.com/p/wanna-build-a-city-on-mars-better)** > > Zach and Kelly Weinersmith have a must-read book for space nerds — and since you’re reading this newsletter that means you