![]() ![]() ![]() For her instructors in the twenty-first century, it meant painstaking calculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrin would be received. 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.įor 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. "dark and sad", "science fiction/historical fiction", "the black plague", "heartbreaking yet ultimately hopeful"įive years in the writing by one of science fiction's most honored authors, Doomsday Book is a storytelling triumph. ![]()
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