Star Wars: Poe Dameron, Vol. 1: Black Squadron by Charles Soule

Star Wars: Poe Dameron, Vol. 1: Black Squadron by Charles Soule
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Great action - interesting mystery.

The trick with the backstory material in these large franchise universes (Star Wars and Star Trek) is building off the canon material and filling in the details, without painting yourself into a corner that will be made obsolete by the next movie. This does the trick well - known characters and alien races, merged with a goal (find the Lor San Tekka seen in the Force Awakens). It's sort of a tease, but the story, the action, the charactes all worked together here for an enjoyable story.


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Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly

Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race by Margot Lee Shetterly
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Excellent! A history worth telling.

The saying "the book is better than the movie" was never more true. I enjoyed the movie (it's why I sought out the book), but it is a shadow of the story the book tells. Compressing the lives and accomplishments of these women into two hours inevitably squeezes out so much - and there is SO MUCH more to their lives and what they did. It's a great history - of these women, of the space program and more.


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