Title:
Doomsday Book
Genre:
Science Fiction
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Series:
Oxford Time Travel
Series Order:
1
Binding:
Hardcover
Edition:
1st
Type of Book:
Fiction
Number of Pages:
445
Number of Chapters:
36
Date Added:
2018-06-26 16:10:55
Synopsis:
For Kivrin, preparing an on-site study of 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.
Five years in the writing by one of science fiction’s most honored authors, Doomsday Book is a storytelling triumph. 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.
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.
Five years in the writing by one of science fiction’s most honored authors, Doomsday Book is a storytelling triumph. 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.
Author:
Willis, Connie
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Publisher:
Bantam Books
Country:
United States
Place of Printing:
New York
Publication Date:
1992-07-01
Number of Copies:
1
Language:
English
Publisher Location:
New York
Date Added:
2018-06-26 16:10:55
