Doomsday Book by Connie Willis
Hello, Stranger. Let's talk about Connie Willis's Doomsday Book. The Short of It Plot: A historian's time travel to the Middle Ages grows more and more complicated - and a crisis in the present adds new dangers. Page Count: 592 Award: 1992 Hugo, 1992 Locus SF, 1992 Nebula Worth a read : Yes. Primary Driver: ( Plot , World , or Character ) Bechdel Test : Past Technobabble: Some babble, but often relevant. Review: An array of excellent characters and compelling relationships ground two parallel stories. World building is excellent and remarkably prescient. Brilliant use of small setting details work wonders. Willis uses tropes well - leaning into some and spinning others in unexpected ways. A few unnecessary subplots stretch the length of this novel and slow pacing, but that is the only real issue. The Medium of It Spoiler Free! Wait a second! Aren't you jumping a few years in your reviews? Are you just trying to avoid writing up the V...