THREE CLASSIC SCI-FI NOVELLAS IN ONE VOLUME--from a Hugo and Nebula
award-winning author
In Terra Incognita, Connie Willis explores themes of love and
mortality while brilliantly illuminating the human condition through
biting satire.
Uncharted Territory
Findriddy and Carson are explorers, dispatched to a distant planet to
survey its canyons, ridges, and scrub-covered hills. Teamed with a
profit-hungry indigenous guide of indeterminate gender and an
enthusiastic newcomer whose specialty is mating customs, the group
battles hostile terrain as they set out for unexplored regions. Along
the way, they face dangers, discover treasures, and soon find themselves
in an alien territory of another kind: exploring the paths and
precipices of sex--and love.
Remake
In the Hollywood of the future, live-action movies are a thing of the
past. Old films are computerized and ruthlessly dissected, actors
digitally ripped from one film and thrust into another. Humphrey Bogart
and Marilyn Monroe in A Star Is Born? No problem. Hate the ending?
Change it with the stroke of a key. Technology makes anything possible.
But a starry-eyed young woman wants only one thing: to dance on the big
screen. With a little magic and a lot of luck, she just may get her
happy ending.
D.A.
Theodora Baumgarten is baffled and furious: Why was she selected to be
part of a highly competitive interstellar cadet program? After all, she
never even applied. But that hasn't stopped the powers that be from
whisking her onto a spaceship bound for the prestigious Academy. With
her protests ignored, Theodora takes matters into her own hands, aided
by her hacker best friend, to escape the Academy and return to
Earth--only to uncover a conspiracy that runs deeper than she could have
imagined.
Praise for Terra Incognita
"Willis's lively, funny forays into futuristic territory shine as
brightly today as when originally released. . . . In all three stories,
the protagonists find their narrow concepts of life challenged and
expanded by possibilities created through technology. As a collection,
these smart, accessible shorts make for an entertaining initiation or
reintroduction into the world of one of sci-fi's greatest
treasures."--Shelf Awareness
"A master of fantasy playfully combines science fiction with other
genres in three antic novellas. . . . Clever, funny, thought-provoking,
and sweet, these stories are classic Willis."--Kirkus Reviews
