Terra incognita

three tales

323 pages

English language

Published May 25, 2018

ISBN:
978-1-5247-9686-0
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OCLC Number:
1035775939

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3 stars (2 reviews)

"Three classic sci fi tales that brilliantly illuminate the current human condition through social satire, now together in one collection from the Nebula and Hugo award-winning author of Blackout. This collection contains three previously published novellas: Uncharted Territory is both a love story and a shameless expose of the dark side of political correctness, where planetary surveyors battle hostile terrain, bureaucratic red tape, and renegade "planet crashers." Remake explores the timeless themes of emotion and technology, reality and illusion, where moviemaking's been computerized and live-action films are a thing of the past and all one starry-eyed young woman wants to do is the impossible: dance in the movies. D.A. follows a young space cadet--aided by her hacker best friend--who will stop at nothing to uncover the conspiracy that has her tied up"--

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3 stars

I’m a big fan of Connie Willis’s time travel books, and was looking for some light reading after the holidays, so I pulled this off my TBR shelf.

I didn’t enjoy the first novella, which was too long and too full of extraterrestrial jargon. Lots of humor, but not much point to it.

The second novella was well done and a great commentary on intellectual property and the film industry’s reliance on remaking the same movies over and over. Also the general public’s dependence on familiar tropes, narcissism, and addictive substances (abbreviated in the story as AS). It’s a remarkably prescient story, first published in 1995.

The third novella is really more of a short story with a fun twist. Clever and entertaining

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  • American Science fiction