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Doomsday Book

By: Connie Willis
Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
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One of the most respected and awarded of all contemporary science-fiction writers, Connie Willis repeatedly amazes her many admiring fans with her ability to create vivid characters in unusual situations. With Doomsday Book, she takes listeners on a thrilling trip through time to discover the things that make us most human.

For Oxford student Kivrin, traveling back to the 14th century is more than the culmination of her studies - it's the chance for a wonderful adventure. For Dunworthy, her mentor, it is cause for intense worry about the thousands of things that could go wrong. When an accident leaves Kivrin trapped in one of the deadliest eras in human history, the two find themselves in equally gripping - and oddly connected - struggles to survive.

Deftly juggling stories from the 14th and 21st centuries, Willis provides thrilling action - as well as an insightful examination of the things that connect human beings to each other.

©1992 Connie Willis (P)2000 Recorded Books Fantasy Science Fiction
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Critics' reviews

  • Hugo Award, Best Novel, 1993
  • Nebula Award, Best Novel, 1992

"Ms. Willis displays impressive control of her material; virtually every detail introduced in the early chapters is made to pay off as the separate threads of the story are brought together." (The New York Times Book 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)
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The Story is bloated beyond comprehension, repetitive scenes that go nowhere, characters are incompetent for no reason or purpose - fire the editor or get one next time.

Boring DNF

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pro: interesting characters, good voice actor

con: no tension whatsoever, logic faults, over and over stating the obvious. the story can sufficiently be summarized with: the plague was awful. modern medicine helps.

Kind of boring

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I'm still not sure whether the voice of the narrator was ingeniously perfect or a little off, but that's my only complaining. The Story took a while to grab me, but then I couldn't put it down again. I can't quite relate to other reviews that didn't like the style (Too many she said he said elements) - that didn't bother me at all. It seemed to me the simple (if that is even the right word, perhaps unpretentious is better) words were a choice, not lack of skills on the part of the author and I think that was the right choice for the message. Definitely give me a lot of food for thought

took a while to gain momentum, but...

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The book has some interesting ideas and an interesting plot but it's horribly written. "he said", "she said", really it sounds like a story, while intriguing ,was written by a child. the reader doesn't make it any better. the voices she uses for th e harakzers are ... bad.

Someone gift the author an thesaurus

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Too long. Too boring. Too repetitive. Too historically inaccurate.
Why did this book win the Hugo and the Nebula award?

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