Enlightening...Greene's eloquent memoir is equal parts escape and comfort.--Publishers Weekly

[Greene] addresses [the issues] with wit, insight, compassion, and, ultimately, hope.--Booklist

Kate Greene's insightful, nuanced writing is the dose of perspective we so desperately need right now. Once Upon A Time I lived on Mars is a book about the wonders of space, but even more so, it's a triumphant account of what it means to be a thoughtful, messy, and ultimately hopeful human right here on spaceship Earth. --Juli Berwald, author of Spineless

This stirring, smart, and truly original debut begins with questions and then progresses beyond facile answers, into even less answerable questions. Along the way, Greene charts a course that is propulsive, discursive, and pure pleasure to read, whether it is exploring boredom, guinea pigs, pineapple, grief, or deep space. Like a conversation with your smartest, most fun friend, each essay travels an unexpected and exhilarating path, more often between people than planets, examining the distances between who we were and who we have become, what we expected and what we have found in this life.--Melissa Febos, author of Whip Smart and Abandon Me

A prescient look at humans alone, separate from the world they once knew. Truly a book for our times.--Sarah Stewart Johnson, author of The Sirens of Mars