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The Lady Astronaut of Mars (Lady Astronaut #4.5)
by
Mary Robinette Kowal
33 pages
Published
May 27th 2014
by Tor Books
(first published December 2012)
ISBN: 1466873825
(ISBN13: 9781466873827)
Edition Language: English
Series: Lady Astronaut #4.5
BLURB: Thirty years ago, Elma York led the expedition that paved the way to life on Mars. For years she's been longing to go back up there, to once more explore the stars. But there are few opportunities for an aging astronaut, even the famous Lady Astronaut of Mars. When her chance finally comes, it may be too late. Elma must decide whether to stay with her sickening husband in what will surely be the final years of his life, or to have her final adventure and plunge deeper into the well of space.
Premios: Hugo Award for Best Novelette (2014), Locus Award Nominee for Best Novelette (2013), Premio Ignotus Nominee for Mejor cuento extranjero (Best Foreign Story) (2016)
My rating: 3.5 stars
You think they would have sent me to Mars if it weren’t intended to be a colony? I was there to show all the lady housewives that they could go to space too. Posing in my flight suit, with my lips painted red, I had smiled at more cameras than my colleagues.
First thought: That was... depressing.
Elma York es la Dama Astronauta de Marte, una de las pioneras de los viajes espaciales en esta historia alternativa de 1950s que forma parte de la serie conocida también como "punch card" (por las tarjetas perforadas que usaban para programar esos armatostes de computadores). Treinta años después de la primera expedición, ella tiene 63 años, vive en Marte con su esposo , un ingeniero programador , y aun sueña con las estrellas y el espacio.
Esta novellete ganadora de un Hugo en 2014 presenta un drama humano que toca a muchos, como lidiar con no la vejez precisamente, sino el paso de los años que es a veces demasiado cruel. Elma a su vez presenta esa dicotomia que asalta a muchas mujeres profesionales entre la vida personal, el hogar y su profesión, y eso además con el estar consciente de haber sido presentada con una imagen designada para los medios de comunicación.
Nathaniel el esposo esta enfermo, y sin embargo existe la posibilidad de que ella pueda seguir pilotando. ¿Cuál será su decisión?
Es triste , melancolico, y a la vez evocativo de otra época. Sobre todo con ese guiño a Oz {y mejor no me hagan empezar a elucubrar cuánto le gustaria a Ambrose -aka Glitch- estar alli en el espacio ;) }
La pueden encontrar aqui:
https://www.tor.com/2013/09/11/the-la...
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Elma York is the Lady Astronaut of Mars, one of the pioneers of space travel in this alternative history of the 1950s that is part of the series also known as "punch card punk" (for the punched cards they used to program). Thirty years after the first expedition, she is 63 years old, lives on Mars with her husband, a programmer engineer, and still dreams of the stars and space.
This 2014 Hugo-winning novellete features a human drama that touches many, like dealing with not exactly old age, but the passing of the years that is sometimes too cruel. Elma in turn presents that dichotomy that assaults many professional women between personal life, the home and their profession, and that also with being aware of having been presented with an image designated for the media.
Something like that.
Nathaniel the husband is ill, and yet there is a chance that she could continue to pilot. What will be your decision?
It is sad, melancholic, and at the same time evocative of another era. Especially with that wink to Oz {and better not make me start to wonder how much Ambrose -aka Glitch in Tin-Man- would like to be there in space;)}
You can find the story here:
https://www.tor.com/2013/09/11/the-la...
Also did you know that there could have been a woman in space in the 50s?
https://changematrix.org/jerrie-cobb-...
And watch 'Mercury 13' chronicles first US women tested for spaceflight
View all my reviews
Nathaniel el esposo esta enfermo, y sin embargo existe la posibilidad de que ella pueda seguir pilotando. ¿Cuál será su decisión?
Es triste , melancolico, y a la vez evocativo de otra época. Sobre todo con ese guiño a Oz {y mejor no me hagan empezar a elucubrar cuánto le gustaria a Ambrose -aka Glitch- estar alli en el espacio ;) }
La pueden encontrar aqui:
https://www.tor.com/2013/09/11/the-la...
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Elma York is the Lady Astronaut of Mars, one of the pioneers of space travel in this alternative history of the 1950s that is part of the series also known as "punch card punk" (for the punched cards they used to program). Thirty years after the first expedition, she is 63 years old, lives on Mars with her husband, a programmer engineer, and still dreams of the stars and space.
This 2014 Hugo-winning novellete features a human drama that touches many, like dealing with not exactly old age, but the passing of the years that is sometimes too cruel. Elma in turn presents that dichotomy that assaults many professional women between personal life, the home and their profession, and that also with being aware of having been presented with an image designated for the media.
Something like that.Nathaniel the husband is ill, and yet there is a chance that she could continue to pilot. What will be your decision?
It is sad, melancholic, and at the same time evocative of another era. Especially with that wink to Oz {and better not make me start to wonder how much Ambrose -aka Glitch in Tin-Man- would like to be there in space;)}
You can find the story here:
https://www.tor.com/2013/09/11/the-la...
Also did you know that there could have been a woman in space in the 50s?
https://changematrix.org/jerrie-cobb-...
And watch 'Mercury 13' chronicles first US women tested for spaceflight
View all my reviews
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