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Doomsday Book
- Narrated by: Jenny Sterlin
- Length: 26 hrs and 20 mins
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Doomsday Book
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Publisher's Summary
For Oxford student Kivrin, traveling back to the 14th century is more than the culmination of her studies - it's the chance for a wonderful adventure. For Dunworthy, her mentor, it is cause for intense worry about the thousands of things that could go wrong. When an accident leaves Kivrin trapped in one of the deadliest eras in human history, the two find themselves in equally gripping - and oddly connected - struggles to survive.
Deftly juggling stories from the 14th and 21st centuries, Willis provides thrilling action - as well as an insightful examination of the things that connect human beings to each other.
Critic Reviews
- Hugo Award, Best Novel, 1993
- Nebula Award, Best Novel, 1992
"Ms. Willis displays impressive control of her material; virtually every detail introduced in the early chapters is made to pay off as the separate threads of the story are brought together." (The New York Times Book Review)
"A stunning novel that encompasses both suffering and hope....The best work yet from one of science fiction's best writers." (The Denver Post)
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- Katy
- 23-04-2018
history made real
connie willis does a great job of immersing the reader in a historic era and making the characters real.
The only complaint is that it was too slow moving and drawn out.
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- Nicola Carson
- 01-05-2019
Excellent!
The story was excellent and narration brought it all to life wonderfully... I look to the next book
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- MsVix
- 25-05-2023
Amazing
No edit required, ending is brilliant, story is well told and wonderful. Thoroughly enjoyed the narration and totally recommend.
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- Matthew
- 24-02-2021
Some parts were painful but it was ok overall
It was quite obvious what is going to happen in several of the scenarioes/setups in this book. most normal people (or competent characters) would make the mental leap required to solve these problems immediately. It was painful to listen to the otherwise well drawn characters, as they beat around the seemingly endless supply of bushes before getting to the point. The technology in this book was ill concieved, they can invent a time machine but are still using switchboards and have no mobile phones or internet. Having said all of that, the overall, the concept was fresh, and aside from the above, well executed. The narration was well done and appropriate for the book.
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- Emily
- 15-03-2017
A pretty good historical story...
Would you listen to another book narrated by Jenny Sterlin?
Probably not. I wasn't that keen on her narrating style. While she did a good job with various voices and character, at times I just felt a bit... bored or sleepy by her style. She picked up toward the end but it was slow going at the start.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Not really. Once the character went into the past it got more interesting but I nearly gave up on it at first.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-07-2018
Great book
Connie Willis is an author who always draws me in and this is the first in her fantastic Oxford based time travel series. Even though time has moved on, leaving me to wonder for instance why the characters do not have mobile phones, the story is fascinating. The almost parallels of 21st century Oxford in the grip of a pandemic and England during the plague in the middle ages are intriguing. The characters are brilliantly portrayed and the darker aspects of the story are relieved by Connie's light touch and her gentle portrayal of the absurdities of everyday life.
The narration was good. It could have flowed a little more easily. The story was dramatic enough in itself not to need some of the emphases added by the narrator, but overall this was a great listen.
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- sandra darling
- 05-04-2024
Brilliant and touching historical science fiction
While at first I found the characters seemingly not listening to one another infuriating, by the end of the story I was so engaged with the characters that I couldn’t stop listening. Ended up driving the long way home so I could listen as long as possible, several times I had to turn it off because I couldn’t hear over my sobbing. A beautifully researched melding of the Middle Ages and an imagined future which, post Covid, got many things about pandemics right and many things as wrong as the historians had about the black plague. A lovely story, well read.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-06-2018
a great escape
If you're looking for a well-written, characters you can care about, go for this. Thoroughly enjoyable.
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- Anonymous User
- 01-05-2021
Brilliant read
enjoyed the book from start to finish, couldn't put it down, would like to know what happened to the characters after returning home
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- Kindle Customer
- 20-03-2024
Intense and beautiful and soul-crushing
This is an amazing tale, beautiful and devastating and all too real. Well worth the read
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