A review by chan_fry
The Calculating Stars by Mary Robinette Kowal

5.0

It’s no wonder this won “Best Novel” at the Hugos; it’s written expertly, well-researched, funny and poignant, and at times heartbreaking — but most of all triumphant. The couple of (I think) mistakes I found were so minor that they’re not worth mentioning.

Telling an alternate history of the 1950s space exploration effort couldn’t have been easy, but Kowal’s novel makes it look easy.

(There’s a longer review on my website.)