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Doomsday Book
by Connie Willis
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ISBN13: 9780553562736 |
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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. For her instructors in the twenty-first century, it meant painstaking calculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrin would be received.
But a crisis strangely linking past and future strands Kivrin in a bygone age as her fellows try desperately to rescue her. In a time of superstition and fear, Kivrin — barely of age herself — finds she has become an unlikely angel of hope during one of history's darkest hours.
Five years in the writing by one of science fiction's most honored authors, Doomsday Book is a storytelling triumph. 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.
Review:
"A stunning novel that encompasses both suffering and hope....The best work yet from one of science fiction's best writers." The Denver Post
Review:
"Splendid work...brutal, gripping and genuinely harrowing, the product of diligent research, fine writing and well-honed instincts, that should appeal far beyond the normal science-fiction constituency." Kirkus Reviews
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"The world of 1348 burns in the mind's eye, and every character alive that year is a fully recognized being....It becomes possible to feel...that Connie Willis did, in fact, over the five years Doomsday Book took her to write, open a window to another world, and that she saw something there." The Washington Post Book World
About the Author
Connie Willis has won six Nebula Awards, more than any other writer, and was the first author to win the Nebula in all four categories.
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Jeane, February 13, 2008 (view all comments by Jeane)
The year is 2054. Kivrin is a history student who travels back to the 14th century. She's supposed to arrive a decade before the black plague breaks out in Europe, but there's a mistake and she shows up in 1348, right when plague starts appearing. The story is told in two parallels: one of Kivrin struggling to understand medieval Europe, which is not at all what she expected. The other is a confusion of woefully inept technicians and students in the future trying to figure out what went wrong so they can bring her back, while dealing with an outbreak of influenza. This book was pretty fascinating. The medieval setting was the most interesting part. Connie Willis spent five years researching and writing it. It won Hugo and Nebula Awards for science fiction. I found it a very good read.
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kaaren a., November 24, 2006 (view all comments by kaaren a.)
Despite this book's use of a "Back to the Future" idea of time travel (or maybe this book used it first, I don't know), I really enjoyed Kivrin's adventures and struggle to survive while in the year 1348. The author quite skillfully depicts what living in that year would entail, including what experiencing the Plague might be like. I enjoyed the historical part so much that I have actually read this book twice, and the second time through I enjoyed it as much the first time (once I got past the time travel).
I recommend this book to sci-fi enthusiasts, medievalists, and especially high school/college students - I think this book would make history come alive for them.
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Elisabeth A Lyons, March 29, 2006 (view all comments by Elisabeth A Lyons)
This book is the kind of Sci-Fi book that you can give to people who say "I hate Sci-Fi" and they will love it. Guaranteed.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780553562736
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Spectra Books
- Location:
- New York :
- Subject:
- General
- Subject:
- Fiction
- Subject:
- Science Fiction - General
- Subject:
- Science fiction
- Subject:
- Europe
- Subject:
- Middle ages
- Subject:
- Time travel
- Subject:
- Black death
- Subject:
- Europe History 476-1492 Fiction.
- Edition Description:
- Bantam paperback ed.
- Series Volume:
- 68-254
- Publication Date:
- August 1993
- Binding:
- Mass Market Paperbound
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 592
- Dimensions:
- 7.00x4.32x1.28 in. .60 lbs.
