The movie is one of my favorites, and so I had to view the book through that prism. The stories do take a fairly pointed view on gender, race, and religious social issues of the time.īefore reading those, I finally got around to reading the classic Sci-fi work by Carl Sagan, Contact. I think I was even more impressed that the bibliography she uses was a list of mainly authors or people I already recognize. The stories may not be 100% accurate, but I really didn't notice anything glaring at me that I can recall. With the altered timeline, and the resulting push to space before a lot of tech was invented for it, it takes a good look at how the early space program worked. It focuses around a female pilot from WWII, and her struggles to be part of the space program.
The story is about how the world reacts to the possible pending environmental disaster that will result, and the push to get human colonies off world. The scenario is that in the early 1950's a large meteor has hit the east coast of the US, wiping out most of the cities. Just finished The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky, both by Mary Robinette Kowal, with a pre-order placed for the third book of the series, The Relentless Moon. Was going to comment in the Bad Sci-fi thread, but this is for all books, especially good ones. Probably been a few of these threads, if so, point me in the right direction.
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