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Jul 25, 2019RandomLibrarian rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
Review excerpt: "The main thing you need to know about 'The Calculating Stars' is that it has a slow pace. The other thing you need to know is that it is feminist and nerdy. This alternate-history novel by Mary Robinette Kowal tells a story of women who worked as computers for the US Space Program and who fight to become astronauts. Much of what happens in the book happened in real life (see: 'Hidden Figures' and 'The Mercury 13'). However, in this version of history, a natural disaster accelerates the space program and gives a different outcome to the astronaut-training program." https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/reviews/the-calculating-stars-by-mary-robinette-kowal/