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The Doomsday Book
Connie Willis
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Description for The Doomsday Book
Paperback. A Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel of plague and time travel by an SFWA Grand Master of Science Ficiton. Series: S.F. Masterworks. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 406.
"A tour de force" - New York Times Book Review
"Ambitious, finely detailed and compulsively readable" - Locus
"It is a book that feels fundamentally true; it is a book to live in" - Washington Post
For Kivrin Engle, 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 a bullet-proof backstory. 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Gateway
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
S.F. Masterworks
Condition
New
Weight
415g
Number of Pages
608
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780575131095
SKU
V9780575131095
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About Connie Willis
Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis has won, among other accolades, ten Hugo Awards and six Nebula Awards for her writing, and was recently named an SFWA Grand Master. She lives in Greeley, Colorado with her husband Courtney Willis, a professor of physics at the University of Northern Colorado.
Reviews for The Doomsday Book
A tour de force
New York Times Book Review
Ambitious, finely detailed and compulsively readable
Locus
It is a book that feels fundamentally true; it is a book to live in
Washington Post
New York Times Book Review
Ambitious, finely detailed and compulsively readable
Locus
It is a book that feels fundamentally true; it is a book to live in
Washington Post