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Nor is it a regular occurrence or anything. I mean, it’s not like this happened fairly recently. (hide spoiler)] Okay, so I have to admit that the People of Despicable Book Taste (PoDBT™) Well well well, would you look at that? Here I am, giving 4 stars to a book with a Most Miserable Average Star Rating (M☪TR™)! How very surprising indeed. Anyhoo and stuff, everyone seems to have read this one wrong, so set the record straight I most graciously shall. Well well well, would you look at that? Here I am, giving 4 stars to a book with a Most Miserable Average Star Rating (M☪TR™)! How very surprising indeed. Personally I expected more from a Connie Willis book.more
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It was a decent read with some funny moments and a few surprises, but generally the plot kind of wanders aimlessly around, rather like our intrepid explorers. Anyway, think of it as a very short novel (or a longer novella) that explores the ideas of sex, love, territorial exploration and excessive political correctness, with tongue firmly in cheek. I'm tempted to say "for Connie Willis completists only" but that would be a bit harsh. (Why do so many of Willis's books seem to involve frustrated people running around vainly trying to accomplish near-impossible tasks?) It didn't really grab me. Uncharted Territory is on the far end of the humor side of the spectrum, but it's kind of a quirky, satirical humor mixed with quite a bit of oddness and frustration. The surveyors are also required to hire an indigenous guide, the alien natives of Boohte, and their native guide Bult is delighted to take every advantage of the situation.Ĭonnie Willis's works seem to alternate between farcical, even slapstick humor, and more serious books that include incredibly detailed research (occasionally both together, as in To Say Nothing of the Dog). In an excess of concern about cultural insensitivity and imperialism, the government has imposed some ridiculous constraints on exploration. Findriddy (Fin) and Carson are two planetary surveyors who embark on a trouble-plagued expedition to map the largely uncharted planet. Uncharted Territory is a short, farcical science fiction novel about a team of explorers of a planet called Boohte that is filled with strange alien life - almost as strange as the relationships between the humans on this planet. In an excess of concern about cultural insensitivity and imperialism, the government has imposed some ridiculous constraints 2.5 stars. 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. 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.
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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 guid Findriddy and Carson are two explorers sent to Boohte to survey the ridges and scrub-covered hills of the planet. Findriddy and Carson are two explorers sent to Boohte to survey the ridges and scrub-covered hills of the planet.