Remake
A Novel
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4.1 • 8 Ratings
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Publisher Description
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.
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.
Customer Reviews
A movie fan's delight
Willis extrapolates trends in CGI to a Hollywood with no live actors, plenty of wannabes, and techies who remake old movies ad nauseum. Into this world she places a techie who loves old movies, a young woman who wants to dance with Fred Astaire, and another who plays studio politics to perfection. The result is highly entertaining and fast-paced.