- Mass Market Paperback: 176 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group; Reprint edition (29 Feb 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0553574418
- ISBN-13: 978-0553574418
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.4 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,966,814 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Winner of more Hugo and Nebula Awards than any other science fiction author, Connie Willis is one of the most powerfully imaginative writers of our time. In Remake, she explores the timeless themes of emotion and technology, reality and illusion, and the bittersweet place where they intersect to make art.
Remake
It's the Hollywood of the future, where moviemaking's been computerized and live-action films are a thing of the past. It's a Hollywood where Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe are starring together in A Star Is Born, and if you don't like the ending, you can change it with the stroke of a key.
A Hollywood of warmbodies and sim-sex, of drugs and special effects, where anything is possible. Except for what one starry-eyed young woman wants to do: dance in the movies. It's an impossible dream, but Alis is not willing to give up. With a little magic and a lot of luck, she just might get her happy ending after all.
Remake
It's the Hollywood of the future, where moviemaking's been computerized and live-action films are a thing of the past. It's a Hollywood where Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe are starring together in A Star Is Born, and if you don't like the ending, you can change it with the stroke of a key.
A Hollywood of warmbodies and sim-sex, of drugs and special effects, where anything is possible. Except for what one starry-eyed young woman wants to do: dance in the movies. It's an impossible dream, but Alis is not willing to give up. With a little magic and a lot of luck, she just might get her happy ending after all.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was my second Connie Willis, after reading her marvellous, 'To say nothing of the dog'. It offers an interesting view of the Hollywood of the future, satirising the ubiquitous use of computer graphics and the growing trend to concentrate on remakes and sequels. Predictably perhaps, a character is introduced who is like a breath of fresh air in the stifling atmosphere of Hollywood parties with their drugs, deals and sordid liaisons.
Somehow though, I couldn't find myself sympathising with the narrator, and didn't in the end care very much about the fate of the 'heroine', if that's an appropriate term. Avid Connie Willis fans will enjoy this, but I can only give it a guarded recommendation.
Somehow though, I couldn't find myself sympathising with the narrator, and didn't in the end care very much about the fate of the 'heroine', if that's an appropriate term. Avid Connie Willis fans will enjoy this, but I can only give it a guarded recommendation.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
I loved this wonderfully cynical view of the future of filmmaking, and Hollywood as a whole. The characters came to life against a mild science fiction backdrop, and the story itself took lots of unusual turns. The dozens of movie references, subtle and not, have me left me wanting to rent a whole slew of old movies.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Willis' intriguing take on the future of Hollywood is almost too real, as recent beer commercials demonstrate. Not her best book (read BELLWEATHER for that), and done in a more serious tone than some, this is a fine read by an author who should get much more recognition. Recommended!
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