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Fated Sky, The: A Lady Astronaut Novel (Lady Astronaut, 2)

Fated Sky, The: A Lady Astronaut Novel (Lady Astronaut, 2)

by Mary Robinette Kowal (Author), Mary Robinette Kowal (Author)

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    Paperback 2018

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Synopsis

Continuing the grand sweep of alternate history laid out in The Calculating Stars, The Fated Sky looks forward to 1961, when mankind is well-established on the moon and looking forward to its next step: journeying to, and eventually colonising, Mars. Of course the noted Lady Astronaut Elma York would like to go, but could the International Aerospace Coalition ever stand the thought of putting a woman on such a potentially dangerous mission? Could Elma knowingly take the place of other astronauts who have been overlooked because of their race? And could she really leave behind her husband and the chance to start a family? This gripping look at the real conflicts behind a fantastical space race will put a new spin on our visions of what might have been.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 320
 Publisher: Tor Books
Published: 01 Jul 2018
ISBN 10: 076539894X
ISBN 13: 9780765398949

Media Reviews

Praise for The Fated Sky

An immersive world that will stay with the reader well past the final page. --Publishers Weekly, starred review

Praise for The Calculating Stars

This is what NASA never had, a heroine with attitude. --The Wall Street Journal

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

Readers will thrill to the story of this lady astronaut and eagerly anticipate the promised sequels. --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

A fine balance of integrating historical accuracy--including mid-twentieth-century sexism, racism, and technology--with speculative storytelling. --Booklist

Readers will be hooked. --Library Journal

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, author of the Hugo Award-winning Yesterday's Kin

Author Bio
Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of the historical fantasy novels Ghost Talkers and the five books in The Glamourist Histories series. She is also a multiple Hugo Award winner. Her short fiction has appeared in Uncanny, Tor.com, and Asimov's. Mary, a professional puppeteer, lives in Chicago with her husband Robert and over a dozen manual typewriters.