Reviews for Doomsday Book
Review - Doomsday Book
A young woman travels back to the 1300s to study the rituals of Christmas.
Reviewed by Roger on 1999-11-29 12:01:27
Doomsday Bookby Connie Willis | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Fiction - S. F./Fantasy" |
| Pages: | 445 |
| Year of Publication: | 1992 |
| Date Read: | 10/26/1999 |
| Notes: | For Kivrin, preparing for on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity’s history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the 14th century and inventing an alibi for a woman traveling alone. For her instructors in the 21st century, it meant painstaking calculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrin would be retrieved. But a crisis strangely linking past and future strands Kivrin in a bygone age as her fellows try desperately to rescue her. COMMENTS — Doomsday Book won the Hugo (for Science Fiction Achievement) and Nebula (from the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America) Awards. |
| My Rating: | 8 |