mary robinette kowal

The Fated Sky is the second full novel in Kowal’s Lady Astronaut series (there are also a couple of shorts; one set before the first book and one after it). A small colony of mainly scientists and engineers has now been established on the moon and with the runaway climate, following the...

I bought this off the back of all the good reviews it seems to have acquired along with the slightly more dubious awards it has won. But not without some trepidation; it is an alternate history which is something I’m generally not keen on and it sounded like it has sexism and racism very much...

Shades of Milk and Honey Mary Robinette Kowal Tor, Aug 3 2010, $24.99 ISBN: 9780765325563 In England, plain-looking twenty-eight years old Jane Ellsworth is jealous of her beautiful sister Melody’s looks. On the other hand, although she has some talent Melody is envious of Jane’s magical...

Glamour in Glass Mary Robinette Kowal Tor, Apr 10 2012, $24.99 ISBN: 9780765325570 In 1815, newlyweds Jane and David Vincent travel to Blinche, Belgium on a working honeymoon paid for by a glamour commissioned by the Regent. The couple plans to compare magical glamour techniques with a...

Without A Summer Mary Robinette Kowal Tor, Apr 2 2013, $24.99 ISBN: 9780765334152 In 1816 England is suffering from an extremely cold summer due to volcanic activity. Glamour artists Jane and David Vincent recover from their horrible working honeymoon and her miscarriage in Blinche, Belgium...