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Binding
Mass Market Paperback
Weight
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Product Group
Book
IsTextBook
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ISBN
0553562738
Book Title
Doomsday Book : a Novel
Item Length
6.8in
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
Publication Year
1993
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Item Height
1.2in
Author
Connie Willis
Genre
Fiction
Topic
Science Fiction / Time Travel, Literary, Science Fiction / General, Historical
Item Width
4.1in
Item Weight
9.8 Oz
Number of Pages
592 Pages

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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 For Kivrin, preparing to travel back in time to study 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.

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Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0553562738
ISBN-13
9780553562736
eBay Product ID (ePID)
860759

Product Key Features

Book Title
Doomsday Book : a Novel
Author
Connie Willis
Format
Mass Market
Language
English
Topic
Science Fiction / Time Travel, Literary, Science Fiction / General, Historical
Publication Year
1993
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
592 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
6.8in
Item Height
1.2in
Item Width
4.1in
Item Weight
9.8 Oz

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Reviews
"A stunning novel that encompasses both suffering and hope.... The best work yet from one of science fiction's best writers." -- The Denver Post "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 (starred review) "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
Copyright Date
1992
Dewey Decimal
813.54
Intended Audience
Trade
Series
Oxford Time Travel Ser.
Dewey Edition
20

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  • by anned
    May 04, 2007

    Superb!

    Connie Willis constructs a nearly perfect time-travel scenario, with an eerily parallel set of plots occurring some 1,700 years apart in Oxford, England. Leavened by a dollop of acutely observed academic buffoonery, the book snaps into high narrative gear when the heroine, a young Oxford history student named Kivrin, successfully makes the jump to 14th-century England... but finds herself not exactly where or when her eager technicians had intended. Medieval village life in all its austerity and hardship is rendered with clarity and objectivity, while universal human emotions shine through the mists of time. Kivrin is called upon to do much more than observe the village people she lives among as the Black Death shudders its way across England. Who will survive? Will Kivrin be able to ...

  • by desha
    Jan 25, 2022

    Well written Sci-Fi Novel

    Sci-Fi about time travel back to the 1300's. Really well written and interesting. One forgets about the Sci-Fi-ness. Just a good story

    Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-OwnedSold by: second.sale

  • by femmefan1946
    Nov 18, 2017

    WONDERFUL CHARACTERS / TOUCHING AND TERRIFYING SITUATIONS

    If you ever wanted to time travel, this story of a young historian who is transported to England at the time of the Black Death will change your mind. Accurate history combined with wonderful characters. One of the great SF/F writers of our generation. Hugo Winner.

    Condition: Pre-OwnedSold by: femmefan1946

  • by snowflakemfg
    Nov 25, 2006

    Plague, WITH hope

    Although easier to read than "To Say Nothing of the Dog" (unless you were an English Lit. major), this story really wore me down...plague is exhausting with no running water or electricity. I really dislike books with sad endings, unless they are tragic enough. This book qualifies. -g.s.

  • by J4_8XrHmTgy@Deleted
    Dec 21, 2009

    GREAT !!

    Connie Willis at her very best! You quickly get to know all the characters, but not so many that you would get confused. A wonderful book!

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