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The Doomsday book by Willis, Connie is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is The Doomsday book about?

I read this book out of the need to experience Nebula Award winner Connie Willis more than anything. I'd not heard of Willis until recently, and can say that she is a fine, above the fold writer, who can tell a captivating story. I agree with many who think the book was longer than it needed to be, but it seemed that everything worked to propel or stop the story as a way of manipulating the reader into similar emotional experiences felt by the characters. When the main characters felt frustration, so did I, on multiple levels. I also agree with several reviewers that the last 1/3rd of the book is its redemption, and that anyone feeling frustration up to that point might well find their reward should they power through to the end. The story line takes two paths, one follows Mr. Dunworthy, a professor at Oxford in the near future (mid 21st century). It is here that historians not only study history, but observe it. Trained as time travelers, they visit the time periods they wish to study. It is in this Oxford that an epidemic of enfluenza breaks out, just as Kivrin, a history student is sent back to 1320, just prior to the outbreak of the Black Death. While Dunworthy runs around tr

Who reads The Doomsday book?

Author

Willis, Connie

Publisher

Bantam Spectra

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780553562736

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Travel

Rating

4.03 / 5 (33,756 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14