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The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal starts in 1952, when a huge meteorite crashes into the US, and many cities are lost, including Washington D.C.
Elma is the one who works out the implications of the environmental impact of the meteorite, and her husband Nathanial and she campaign for the US to start exploring space as a viable option for humanity in the coming years.
Elma is a pilot and is a mathematician, and so she becomes a calculator (think of the film Hidden Figures). But Elma’s ambitions don’t end there – she wants to be an astronaut!
I really enjoyed this book, and loved the way it was written. The misogyny and racism of the time is very clear, and not glossed over.
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal was published on 3rd July 2018, and is available from Amazon, Waterstones, and Bookshop.org.
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