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The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal

The Calculating Stars par Mary Robinette Kowal

The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal

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Résumé

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.

The Calculating Stars Résumé

The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal

Winner of the 2019 Nebula, Locus and Hugo Awards!

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.

The Calculating Stars Avis

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 * The Wall Street Journal *

À propos de Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal was the 2008 recipient of the Campbell Award for Best New Writer and a Hugo nominee for her story Evil Robot Monkey. Her stories have appeared in Strange Horizons, Asimov's, and several Year's Best anthologies. She is the author of Shades of Milk and Honey (Tor 2010), the fantasy novel that Jane Austen might have written.

Mary, a professional puppeteer and voice actor, has performed for LazyTown (CBS), the Center for Puppetry Arts, Jim Henson Pictures and founded Other Hand Productions. Her designs have garnered two UNIMA-USA Citations of Excellence, the highest award an American puppeteer can achieve. She also records fiction for authors such as Kage Baker, Cory Doctorow and John Scalzi.

She is serving her second term as Secretary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. Mary lives in Portland, OR with her husband Rob and eleven manual typewriters.

Informations supplémentaires

GOR009933304
9781781087312
1781087318
The Calculating Stars Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary Robinette Kowal
A Lady Astronaut Novel
Occasion - Très bon état
Broché
Rebellion Publishing Ltd.
20190516
432
N/A
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