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The Calculating Stars
Published 2018 by Tor Books · 432 pages
Hugo · 2019
WinnerNebula · 2019
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Hugo 20196 finalists
Mary Robinette Kowal on these ballots
6 award entries · 5 books · 2 wins · 2011–2023
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Synopsis
In an alternate 1950s, a meteorite strike threatens to render Earth uninhabitable within decades. Mathematician and pilot Elma York fights to join the space program that could save humanity, battling both the existential threat and the era's entrenched sexism and racism that threaten to keep the best candidates on the ground.
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Details
- Series
- Lady Astronaut · Book 1
- Author nationality
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780765378385