Connie Willis has won six Nebula Awards (more than any other science fiction writer), six Hugo Awards, and for her first novel, Lincoln's Dreams, John W. Campbell Memorial Award. Her novel Doomsday Book won both the Nebula and Hugo Awards, and her first short-story collection, Fire Watch, was a New York Times Notable Book. Her other works include To Say Nothing of the Dog, Bellwether, Impossible Things, Remake, Uncharted Territory and Miracle and Other Christmas Stories. Ms. Willis lives in Greeley, Colorado, with her family and is hard at work on her next novel, Passage.
“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
"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
A time-traveling history student is trapped in the Middle Ages, dangerously close to the onset of the Black Plague. Her rescuers in 21st-century Oxford battle their own deadly epidemic to reach her in time. The author of Lincoln's Dreams ( LJ 4/15/87) balances two storylines with exquisite skill as she depicts a pair of closely knit communities--each facing an unknown and frightening enemy. Willis uses the language of time travel and advanced technologies to speak of human concerns, finding parallels that transcend time in the hopes, struggles, and fears of her modern and medieval characters. The clarity and consistency of her writing, as well as her deft storytelling ability, place her among this decade's most promising writers. A priority purchase.
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