| Mendoza in Hollywood: A Novel of the Company Contributor(s): Baker, Kage (Author) |
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ISBN: 0765315300 ISBN-13: 9780765315304 Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2006 Annotation: In the twenty-fourth century, Dr. Zeus Incorporated discovered the secret of time travel, but only how to move backward. Now cyborg operatives are enduring the epochs of Earth's history -- immortals dedicated to the company's great goal: "to make money and improve the lot of humankind". After centuries of disappointments -- including the death of her lover -- the Botanist Mendoza is stranded at a remote stagecoach inn in the unspoiled desert destined to be renamed Los Angeles. Back East, a Civil War is raging. But in Cahuenga Pass, there is little for Mendoza and her fellow operatives to do. Until one day the door swings open and in walks the doppelganger of Mendoza's love. And suddenly the Botanist's life is careening toward disaster . . . again. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction - Fiction | Science Fiction - Time Travel |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Company (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 8.4" W x 5.5" (1.00 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Cultural Region - Western U.S. - Cultural Region - West Coast - Geographic Orientation - California |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 51780 Reading Level: 6.5 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 18.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This is the third novel in what has become one of the most popular series in contemporary SF, now back in print from Tor. In the 24th century, the Company preserves works of art and extinct forms of life, for profit, of course. It recruits orphans from the past, renders them all but immortal, and trains them to serve the Company, Dr. Zeus. One of these is Mendoza the botanist. The death of her lover has been followed by centuries of heartbreak. She spends a period of time in early twentieth century Hollywood in the days of D.W. Griffith, and then Mendoza is in the midst of the Civil War, and runs into a man that looks disturbingly similar to her lost love. She is about to find love again, and be in more trouble than she could ever have imagined. |
Contributor Bio(s): Baker, Kage: - Kage Baker was an artist, actor, and director at the Living History Centre and taught Elizabethan English as a Second Language. Her books include In the Garden of Iden, Sky Coyote, and Mendoza in Hollywood, among many others. Born in 1952 in Hollywood, she lived in Pismo Beach, California, the Clam Capital of the World. She died on January 31, 2010. |