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How would first contact--on earth, in space, on another planet--transform our understandings of technology, philosophy, and what it means to be human? What kind of cognitive dissonance would society experience, if we discovered a previously unrecognized sentience on Earth? What would life be like if it originated in a frigid ocean beneath an impenetrable shell of ice? Or on a world whose haze obscures any view of the universe beyond? Or on an ...

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The Spare Man is a stylish murder mystery by Hugo, Locus, and Nebula award-winning author Mary Robinette Kowal set on an interplanetary liner between Earth and Mars.

Mit dem zweiten Band »Für die Sterne bestimmt« setzt Mary Robinette Kowal ihre preisgekrönte Alternativweltgeschichte fort, die mit »Die Berechnung der Sterne« begann.1961 plant die Menschheit den ersten Flug zum Mars. Elma York, die als »Lady Astronaut« berühmt wurde, will daran teilnehmen, doch die Mission verlangt große Opfer. Soll sie wirklich ihre Familie zurücklassen, um mehrere Jahre im All zu verbringen? Zudem sind die Frauen im Raumfa...

Hugo, Locus, and Nebula-Award winner Mary Robinette Kowal blends her no-nonsense approach to life in space with her talent for creating glittering high-society in this stylish SF mystery, The Spare Man.Tesla Crane, one of the richest women in the world, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space liner, cruising between Earth and Mars. She's traveling incognito and is reveling in her anonymity. Then someone is murdered and her husband is na...

Hugo, Locus, and Nebula-Award winner Mary Robinette Kowal blends her no-nonsense approach to life in space with her talent for creating glittering high-society in this stylish SF mystery, The Spare Man.Tesla Crane, one of the richest women in the world, is on her honeymoon on an interplanetary space liner, cruising between Earth and Mars. She's traveling incognito and is reveling in her anonymity. Then someone is murdered and her husband is na...

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»Frauen gehören in die Küche, nicht in den Weltraum« - eine weit verbreitete Meinung in den USA der 1950er Jahre. Die junge Physikerin Dr. Elma York, die als menschlicher »Computer« täglich die Flugbahnen von Raketen berechnet, lässt sich davon jedoch nicht abhalten. Schließlich steht die Menschheit vor ihrer größten Herausforderung: Ein gigantischer Meteoriteneinschlag hat das Klima für immer verändert, sodass die Eroberung des Alls sehr viel...

A big sister finds that even in a place as lonely as the moon, all you need is a little creativity-and someone to play with-in Molly on the Moon, the debut picture book from award winning sci fi author Mary Robinette Kowal.When Molly and her family move to the moon, they can only pack the essentials-just one toy each for Molly and her baby brother, Luke. Luckily, Molly has a big imagination. A packing crate becomes a fort, a tarp becomes a wit...

The Spare Man is a stylish mystery by Hugo, Locus, and Nebula award-winning author Mary Robinette Kowal set on an interplanetary liner between Earth and Mars...

The Spare Man is a stylish mystery by Hugo, Locus, and Nebula award-winning author Mary Robinette Kowal set on an interplanetary liner between Earth and Mars...

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A new novel from beloved fantasy author Mary Robinette Kowai featuring the mysterious spirit corps and their heroic work in World War. Ginger Stuyvesant, an American heiress living in London during World War I, is engaged to Captain Benjamin Hartshorne, an intelligence officer. Ginger is a medium for the Spirit Corps, a special Spiritualist force.

Mary Robinette Kowal continues her Hugo and Nebula award-winning series, following The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky, with The Relentless Moon.

Mary Robinette Kowal continues her Hugo and Nebula award-winning Lady Astronaut series, following The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky, with The Relentless Moon. The Earth is coming to the boiling point as the climate disaster of the Meteor strike becomes more and more clear, but the political situation is already overheated. Riots and sabotage plague the space program. The IAC's goal of getting as many people as possible off Earth before i...

Mary Robinette Kowal continues her Hugo and Nebula award-winning Lady Astronaut series, following The Calculating Stars and The Fated Sky, with The Relentless Moon. The Earth is coming to the boiling point as the climate disaster of the Meteor strike becomes more and more clear, but the political situation is already overheated. Riots and sabotage plague the space program. The IAC's goal of getting as many people as possible off Earth before i...

A world in crisis, the birth of space flight and a heroine for her time and ours, the acclaimed first novel in the Lady Astronaut series has something for everyone.

The first mission to Mars is go for launch, against a backdrop of gender politics, civil rights and featuring the Lady Astronaut.