Doomsday Book - (Oxford Time Travel) by Connie Willis (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>For nearly a decade, Willis has dazzled readers with her short fiction. Her first novel, Lincoln's Dreams, received unanimous high praise and won the John W. Campbell Award. Now she pens a sensational work about human struggle and redemption set in the time of the Black Plague.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>"A tour de force."--<i>The New York Times Book Review</i> <p/>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.</b> <p/>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. <p/> 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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"A stunning novel that encompasses both suffering and hope. . . . The best work yet from one of science fiction's best writers."<b>--<i>The Denver Post</i><br></b> <br>"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."<b>--<i>Kirkus Reviews</i> (starred review)</b> <p/>"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 <i>Doomsday Book</i> took her to write, open a window to another world, and that she saw something there."<b>--<i>The Washington Post Book World</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Connie Willis has won six Nebula Awards (more than any other science fiction writer), six Hugo Awards, and for her first novel, <b>Lincoln's Dreams</b>, John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Her novel <b>Doomsday Book</b> won both the Nebula and Hugo Awards, and her first short-story collection, <b>Fire Watch</b>, was a <i>New York Times</i> Notable Book. Her other works include <b>To Say Nothing of the Dog</b>, <b>Bellwether</b>, <b>Impossible Things</b>, <b>Remake</b>, <b>Uncharted Territory</b> and <b>Miracle and Other Christmas Stories</b>. Ms. Willis lives in Greeley, Colorado, with her family and is hard at work on her next novel, <b>Passage</b>.
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