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The Calculating Stars
(2018)(The first book in the Lady Astronaut series)
A novel by Mary Robinette Kowal
2019 Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel (nominee)
2019 Hugo Award for Best Novel
2019 John W. Campbell Memorial Award (nominee)
2019 Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
2019 Otherwise Award (nominee)
2019 Sidewise Award for Best Long-Form Alternate History
2018 Nebula Award for Best Novel
WINNER OF THE HUGO BEST NOVEL AWARD 2019. WINNER OF THE NEBULA BEST NOVEL AWARD 2019.
One woman. One mission. One chance to save the world.
It’s 1952, and the world as we know it is gone. A meteorite has destroyed Washington DC, triggering extinction-level global warming. To save humanity, the world unites to form the International Aerospace Coalition. Its mission: to colonise first the Moon, then Mars.
Elma York, World War Two pilot and mathematician, dreams of becoming an astronaut – but prejudice has kept her grounded. Now nothing – and no man – will stop her from reaching for the stars.
‘Kowal masters both science and historical accuracy in this alternate history adventure.’ – Andy Weir
‘In The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal imagines an alternate history of spaceflight that reminds me of everything I loved about Hidden Figures.’ ― Cady Coleman, Astronaut
‘This is what NASA never had, a heroine with attitude.’―The Wall Street Journal
Genre: Science Fiction
One woman. One mission. One chance to save the world.
It’s 1952, and the world as we know it is gone. A meteorite has destroyed Washington DC, triggering extinction-level global warming. To save humanity, the world unites to form the International Aerospace Coalition. Its mission: to colonise first the Moon, then Mars.
Elma York, World War Two pilot and mathematician, dreams of becoming an astronaut – but prejudice has kept her grounded. Now nothing – and no man – will stop her from reaching for the stars.
‘Kowal masters both science and historical accuracy in this alternate history adventure.’ – Andy Weir
‘In The Calculating Stars, Mary Robinette Kowal imagines an alternate history of spaceflight that reminds me of everything I loved about Hidden Figures.’ ― Cady Coleman, Astronaut
‘This is what NASA never had, a heroine with attitude.’―The Wall Street Journal
Genre: Science Fiction
Praise for this book
"An engrossing alternate history with a unique point of view, The Fated Sky dramatically demonstrates the technical problems with going to Mars?but the technical problems are the not the only ones. Never backing down from vital issues of race and gender, The Fated Sky confronts the human issues of space travel in a United States made increasingly desperate by a massive meteor strike. Plausible, convincing, and ultimately moving." - Nancy Kress
"Simply enchanting...You're going to love this." - John Scalzi
"The Calculating Stars is a wonderful, scientifically accurate view of what might have been. Kowal masters both science and historical accuracy in this alternate history adventure." - Andy Weir
"Simply enchanting...You're going to love this." - John Scalzi
"The Calculating Stars is a wonderful, scientifically accurate view of what might have been. Kowal masters both science and historical accuracy in this alternate history adventure." - Andy Weir
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