Uncharted Territory - A Novel

Zusatztext “Connie Willis deploys the apparatus of science fiction to illuminate character and relationships! and her writing is fresh! subtle! and deeply moving.” — The New York Times Book Review Informationen zum Autor Connie Willis  is a member of the Science Fiction Hall of Fame and a Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. She has received seven Nebula awards and eleven Hugo awards for her fiction;  Blackout  and  All Clear— a novel in two parts—and  Doomsday Book  won both. Her other works include  Passage, Lincoln’s Dreams, Bellwether, Impossible Things, Remake, Uncharted Territory, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Fire Watch,  and  Miracle and Other Christmas Stories . Connie Willis lives in Colorado with her family, where she deals with the delights (and the more maddening aspects) of our modern oh-so-connected world on a daily basis. Klappentext "Connie Willis deploys the apparatus of science fiction to illuminate character and relationships! and her writing is fresh! subtle! and deeply moving."-The New York Times Book Review Findriddy and Carson are two explorers sent to Boohte to survey the ridges and scrub-covered hills of the planet. Back home! their adventures are followed by countless breathless fans! but the reality is far less romantic as they deal with dust! nitpicking regulations! and uncooperative aliens. Teamed with a young intern whose specialty is mating customs! and a native guide of indeterminate gender! the group sets out for a previously unexplored sector of the planet. As they survey canyons and cataracts! battle dangers! and discover alien treasures! they will soon find themselves in alien territory of another kind: exploring the paths and precipices of sex. And love. Expedition 183: Day 19   We were still three kloms from King’s X when Carson spotted the dust. “What on hell’s that?” he said, leaning forward over his pony’s pommelbone and pointing at nothing that I could see.   “Where?” I said.   “Over there. All that dust.”   I still couldn’t see anything except the pinkish ridge that hid King’s X, and a couple of luggage grazing on the scourbrush, and I told him so.   “My shit, Fin, what do you mean you can’t—” he said, disgusted. “Hand me the binocs.”   “You’ve got ’em,” I said. “I gave ’em to you yesterday. Hey, Bult!” I called up to our scout.   He was hunched over the log on his pony’s saddlebone, punching in numbers. “Bult!” I shouted. “Do you see any dust up ahead?”   He still didn’t look up, which didn’t surprise me. He was busy doing his favorite thing, tallying up fines.   “I gave the binocs back to you,” Carson said. “This morning when we packed up.”   “This morning?” I said. “This morning you were in such an all-fired hurry to get back to King’s X and meet the new loaner you probably went off and left ’em lying in camp. What’s her name again? Evangeline?”   “Evelyn Parker,” he said. “I was not in a hurry.”   “How come you ran up two-fifty in fines breaking camp, then?”   “Because Bult’s on some kind of fining spree the last few days,” he said. “And the only hurry I’ve been in is to finish up this expedition before every dime of our wages goes for fines, which looks like a lost cause now that you lost the binocs.”   “You weren’t in a hurry yesterday,” I said. “Yesterday you were all ready to ride fifty kloms north on the off-chance of running into Wulfmeier, and then C.J. calls and tells you the new loaner’s in and her name’s Eleanor, and all of a sudden you can’t get home fast enough.”   “Evelyn,” Carson said, getting red in the face, “and I still say Wulfmeier’s surveying that sector. You just don’t like loaners.”   “You’re right about that,” I said. “They’re more trouble than they’re worth.” I’ve never met a loaner yet that was worth taking ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Connie Willis, Willis Connie
• Editore: Random House USA
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 01.06.1994
• EAN: 9780553562941
• ISBN: 978-0-553-56294-1
• Pagine: 160
• Dimensioni: 106 mm x 171 mm x 10 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Science Fiction, Fantasy; Science Fiction, FICTION / Science Fiction / General