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To Say Nothing of the Dog

Or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last

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To Say Nothing of the Dog

Von: Connie Willis
Gesprochen von: Steven Crossley
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Connie Willis' Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Doomsday Book uses time travel for a serious look at how people connect with each other. In this Hugo-winning companion to that novel, she offers a completely different kind of time travel adventure: a delightful romantic comedy that pays hilarious homage to Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat.

When too many jumps back to 1940 leave 21st century Oxford history student Ned Henry exhausted, a relaxing trip to Victorian England seems the perfect solution. But complexities like recalcitrant rowboats, missing cats, and love at first sight make Ned's holiday anything but restful—to say nothing of the way hideous pieces of Victorian art can jeopardize the entire course of history.

Delightfully aided by the perfect comedic timing of narrator Steven Crossley, To Say Nothing of the Dog shows once again why Connie Willis is one of the most talented writers working today.

©1998 Connie Willis (P)2000 Recorded Books Action & Abenteuer Science Fiction Zeitreisen

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"Willis effortlessly juggles comedy of manners, chaos theory and a wide range of literary allusions [with a] near flawlessness of plot, character and prose." ( Publishers Weekly)
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Connie Willis is one of my favorite science fiction authors and most of her work resonates deeply with me. This book is probably not the best book, she ever wrote, the story is pretty harmless, but it is a good read nevertheless.
The plot is simply told. 2 young historians, Ned Henry and Verity, are sent to the Victorian Era to find the bishop's bird stump, which somehow seems to be important for the reconstruction of the Coventry Cathedral.
Unfortunately the presence of Ned and Verity changes critical events and the course of history is at risk to change for the worse. The harder they try, the worse it seems to get.
The story is quite funny at times. The glimpses at the Victorian Era and its peculiarities, the similarities to the Victorian novel '3 men in a boat', the strong and bizarre characters and of course the dog and the cat make the story quite charming and unique.

Harmless Fun, '3 Men in a Boat' reloaded

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Well what a rollicking ride this book was! I won’t even attempt to summarise the plot but it’s about Oxford historians in the 2050s who use a Time Machine to go back and observe and record history. One overworked historian, Ned Henry, now suffers from time lag after too many visits to WW2 bombings and is sent to Victorian England to recover. That’s where the fun and complications start. The book in its language and storylines leans heavily on “Three men in a boat” by Jerome K Jerome (which I would recommend reading beforehand!) and is equally humorous, meandering and full of happenings which may or may not be relevant to anything. Satire of the Victorian times is mixed with love stories, peppered with Latin quotes, poetic declarations from Shakespeare, Tennyson et al and Darwinian observations on nature and self-:determination, with strong references to Agatha Christie’s crime novels - all the while being about futuristic time travel and the philosophical dilemmas this brings: can the course of history be altered?
I didn’t understand the convoluted plot fully but totally enjoyed the experience. The narrator was marvellous.

Humorous and meandering tale through Victorian times

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Admittedly, it takes some time to get used to the real slow pace of the story. But the story is full of wunderfully odd caracters and absurd dialogs and the plot is nicely twisted. All very laid-back and amusing. Enjoyed it.

Relaxed and amusing

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If you like Jane Austen (which I don’t) then this is probably worth 5 stars. I found this book utterly boring, as more than 50% of the novel consists of nerve-wrecking, irrelevant, Victorian age style conversations. I did like Connie Willis‘ The Doomsday Book, but this one was lost on me.

Not my cup of afternoon tea

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