From Publishers Weekly
Space travel is viewed with a witty, original eye in Bisson's entertaining novel. The U.S. has survived the Greater Depression by selling off assets to settle its debts. Disney has bought NASA, and now wants to film a movie on location on Mars. The mothballed, never-used, joint U.S.-U.S.S.R. spaceship, the Mary Poppins , is restored to active status, and takes off. On board, in addition to the movie crew, is a stowaway teenage girl, who, when the leading lady does not awaken from suspended animation, gets her big chance to become a movie queen--maybe. Back on Earth, business mergers are threatening not only her chances, but also that of the entire voyage, as Mission Control goes bankrupt and can no longer provide the sophisticated course correction the Mary Poppins requires. The writing is enjoyably silly: Bisson ( Fire on the Mountain ) describes this making of a B-movie in tongue-in-cheek prose, itself deliberately reminiscent of the hackneyed plotting of that genre.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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From Library Journal
In a future where Disney owns NASA and private enterprise has a lock on international politics, the first manned trip to Mars is--not surprisingly--sponsored by Pellucidar Films. Bisson's ( Talking Man, LJ 10/15/86) flair for offbeat characters and rapid-fire prose delivers a considerable punch to this slimly plotted but entertaining sf satire. For large libraries.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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