Mary Robinette Kowal

I finally finished it. Took too long to get it, and then too long to read it. Like Dawn says, I felt like I was being preached at. Also, it wasn't a good story with rich characters - it was history with characters filling roles. And then it just... ended... I feel totally manipulated, too, as if this just a setup for more in the series, in which I hope we learn about Parker's wife, and about the public's reaction to all this climate change, and etc.

Note the note at the end, at least of the trade paperback. Kowal admits that she changed bits of history for the convenience of her world-building. It's meant to be mostly historical fiction in re' the social and political attitudes etc. The 'alt' of the alt-history is the space program.

I didn't get nearly enough SF from it, either. Most of it was, tbh, boring.

I kinda liked the sex scenes though, as I agree with the others that it was nice to see these two nerds be so playfully and fully in love and in tune with each other, and so supportive of each other too.… (more)