The Book

Everyone on Mars by Larry Buttrose will be published by Puncher & Wattmann on 1 August 2024. This collection of 12 short stories is an imagining of the impact — psychological, interpersonal, existential — of our forthcoming colonisation of Mars. It interweaves threads of the isolation, loss and alienation of living on inhospitable Mars, if with a nascent love of its cold, harsh beauty, as humanity truly becomes a bi-planetary species.

This Week on Mars

Keeping readers up to date with news of the red planet—and my book.

Join me for occasional email dispatches about my book, reviews and events, and the latest news about work towards the colonization of Mars.

News & views of the red planet

“The Society” video

“The Society” video

A new video produced by Puncher & Wattman publishers to accompany my audio reading of the story “The Society” from my book Everyone On Mars. Look out for the audio book, coming in 2025!!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDazVb4CoyQ  

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Another chance for life on Mars?

Another chance for life on Mars?

We began with little green men and now we're wondering about microbes under layers of ice. The human puzzling over whether there is life on Mars, or ever has been, goes on from the pages of classic sci-fi and the lyrics of David Bowie to the latest research about the...

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