The Calculating Stars (Lady Astronaut Universe, #1) in Around the Year in 52 Books

Aug 12, 2023 John Warner rated it really liked it

Shelves: series, science-fiction, space-travel, social-commentary, tour-de-force

A potential extinction event has occurred when a meteorite strike occurs off the Maryland shore decimating much of the eastern United States. A global nuclear winter followed by rising temperatures will make the Earth potentially uninhabitable. Global governments and scientists decide that the best avenue for human survival is to build communities on the moon and Mars.

In this alternative history of the Cold War era, man has already made it to space 15 years prior to our timeline. The protagonis ...more

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May 28, 2019 Trish rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, science-fiction, alternate-history, popsugar-2019, zsrc-2019-1-spring, zzhugos-2019, zsrc-2021-2-summer

Having loved the original The Lady Astronaut of Mars novella, I was excited to see that MRK had decided to revisit the characters in a full novel. And I wasn't disappointed (although reading Hidden Figures a while back was a great help, as it helped me understand just how Elma could do the maths).

I'm looking forward to reading the rest of the series. ...more

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Feb 27, 2019 Judy rated it it was amazing

Shelves: library-book

Starting in 1952, Washington DC is destroyed by a massive meteorite. And the race to space is on. Loved this read. Hidden Figures with a twist.

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Oct 14, 2019 Jesse rated it really liked it

Shelves: 2019-around-the-year, 2019-popsugar

Great alternate history/"cli-fi" book that also incorporates the space race and the importance of the female "computers" that made it possible. ...more

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