Uncharted Territory (Magill’s Guide to Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature)
At a glance:
- Author: Connie Willis
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Science fiction—alien civilization
- Time of Work: An indeterminate time in the future
- Setting: The planet Boohte
- Genres: Long fiction, Science fiction
- Subjects: Extraterrestrial life, Future, Other worlds, Bureaucracy or bureaucrats
- Locales: Fictional planets
The Plot
After they have been on Boohte for many years, two human explorers still are engaged in charting the world. Their adventures are depicted in a highly romantic fashion in “pop-ups,” portable three-dimensional videos popular on Earth. The explorers’ actual experiences are more mundane but humorous.
Author Connie Willis uses humor to address serious issues such as the rights of native populations and planetary ecology, but she also parodies mindless bureaucratic regulations. The remote Earth government represents “civilization” at its worst, full of...
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