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Following the success of Lincoln’s Dreams (1987), the critical and popular acclaim for Doomsday Book, which won both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best science-fiction novel, established...
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- Connie Willis Travels to The Middle Ages
- Less Science, More History in Doomsday Book
- A Leisurely Stroll For The Intellectually Curious
- The Final Verdict
Connie Willis has left her mark on the science-fiction genre through a large number of works which have earned dozens of accolades, and Doomsday Bookis certainly one of the more remarkable ones, having won the Nebula, Hugo and Locus SF Awards. It tells the story of a time travelling historian, Kivrin, whose trip back to 1320 Oxfordshire goes unpred...
As far as our most current research on the topic of time travel has taken us, it seems visiting the past is something bound to remain off-limits for the foreseeable future. However, the dream is very much alive, and so are the ideas swirling around it in the vast realms of literature. In her award-winning novel titled Doomsday Book, Connie Willislo...
Any topic in the science-fiction genre can be broached from multiple perspectives, and these days the more popular one is the hard, cold and factual approach. From my observation, most authors of modern time travel novels seem quite intent on explaining with great detail and accuracy the science behind the phenomenon, but I think there is also room...
Taking a look once again at the spectrum of novels written in the past few years, it seems there is an overwhelming tendency for readers to favour fast-paced stories, the kind they often call page-turners. There is nothing wrong with them, and I’ll be the first to admit I enjoy them as much as anyone else, but in the process, us modern readers to t...
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis is a remarkably prescient and duly-celebrated time travel novel, with a focus placed on history and social analysis over scientific accuracy. While it does require some effort on the reader’s part as well as some kind of preexisting interest in the Middle Ages, it’s a veritable gold mine of ideas, facts and quasi-pred...
In Blackout, award-winning author Connie Willis re…. A new time travel novel involving the Oxford histo…. Science fiction books set in the same universe, with some recurring characters. Fire Watch, Doomsday Book (Oxford Time Travel, #1), To Say Nothing of the...
Oct 31, 2023 · Praise for Doomsday Book “A stunning novel that encompasses both suffering and hope. . . . The best work yet from one of science fiction’s best writers.”
Doomsday Book is a 1992 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. The novel won both the Hugo [1] and Nebula [2] Awards, and was shortlisted for other awards. [3] The title of the book refers to the Domesday Book of 1086.
- Connie Willis
- 1992
About Doomsday Book. Connie Willis draws upon her understanding of the universalities of human nature to explore the ageless issues of evil, suffering, and the indomitable will of the human spirit. “A tour de force.”—The New York Times Book Review
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Jan 31, 2011 · Paperback: 592 pages. For Kivrin, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity’s history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing an alibi for a woman traveling alone.
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