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75 Books Challenge for 2009 : jmaloney17's reads in 2009		167	alcottacre, I dag 3:43am
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Foxen's books in 2009		201	alcottacre, I dag 3:21am
1010 Category Challenge : Burneyfan's 101010 challenge		13	burneyfan, I dag 12:19am
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Alaskabookworm's 2009 Reading List		234	muddy21, onsdag 2:44pm
50 Book Challenge : bluesalamanders 2009		80	bluesalamanders, onsdag 11:26am
50 Book Challenge : karspeak's 4X8 for 2009		140	spacepotatoes, tisdag 8:17pm
50 Book Challenge : Ape's for 2009		98	Ape, tisdag 1:01pm
Club Read 2009 : LisaCurcio's 2009 Reading		43	LisaCurcio, tisdag 12:19pm
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Cauterize's 2009 Book Challenge		234	alcottacre, måndag 2:35am
TBR Challenge : Julie's 2009 List		26	ktleyed, söndag 11:53am
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Monthly Bests		43	allthesedarnbooks, december 17
The Green Dragon : 1001 Science Fiction Books to Read Before a Supernova Kills Us All		129	Morphidae, december 17
1010 Category Challenge : CMBohn's 101010 list		46	cmbohn, december 15
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : BeSerene's 2009 Book Challenge		207	beserene, december 15
Science! : Epidemiology/Infectious Diseases (Bugs, bugs, bugs!)		62	atiara, december 14
The Green Dragon : What's your favourite book so far this year?		109	Kaywinnit, december 13
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : MusicMom41's 2009 Reads--4th verse		73	bonniebooks, december 13
The Green Dragon : Top 5 on your TBR list		87	jillmwo, december 12
What Are You Reading Now? : 2009 WHAT BOOK ARE YOU READING?		188	thanuj2409, december 6
What Are You Reading Now? : Books Brought Home - November 2009		151	cdyankeefan, december 2
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : break's 75 for 2009		32	alcottacre, november 28
Book talk : A STUPID GAME TO PLAY......OLD ONE IS TOO LONG TOO!		321	hemlokgang, november 24
1010 Category Challenge : Remusly's 101010 List		39	missylc, november 24
Historical Fiction : with Fantasy or Sci-Fi Elements		76	cnposner, november 19
50 Book Challenge : Shinyone's 50 for 2009		88	shinyone, november 14
40-Something Library Thingers : Come in and introduce yourself.		285	LorLe, november 10
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of October 24, 2009?		220	bibleeohfile, november 9
Science Fiction Fans : Female Authors		87	LamontCranston, november 4
Book talk : H1N1 Vaccines and Apocalyptic Fiction		33	DevourerOfBooks, oktober 28
Outlander: Gabaldon's series about Jamie and Claire : Recommendations for Outlander Fans		25	MaryakaPigluv, oktober 26
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of October 10, 2009?		182	teelgee, oktober 17
999 Challenge : bk04011 's		75	NeverStopTrying, oktober 16
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of October 3, 2009?		227	Mr.Durick, oktober 10
Book talk : Choose a book that you haven't read yet. (4)		329	callmejacx, oktober 7
999 Challenge : MusicMom41's 999 challenge		341	MusicMom41, oktober 6
Time Travel, Alternate Histories and Parallel Worlds : What about your least favorite time travel book?		18	richardderus, oktober 5
999 Challenge : RidgewayGirl's		277	RidgewayGirl, oktober 4
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : legxleg 2009 reading		208	legxleg, oktober 3
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : AlcottAcre's 2009 Reads, Take 9		295	alcottacre, oktober 2
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : What We Are Reading - Fantasy/SF		354	TadAD, september 29
Book talk : Another Silly Game Part 28		321	AnnieMod, september 8
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Sgt Big G's 75 for '09		204	sgtbigg, september 7
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : lppn38 Challenge: Part II		71	lppn38, september 5
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : MusicMom41's 2009 Reads 2nd Quarter		356	Cauterize, september 4
BookCrossing Australia! : Group Reading Log: August 2009		115	Miss-Owl, augusti 31
Girlybooks : What Books by Women are You Reading Now? August 2009		160	wookiebender, augusti 30
History at 30,000 feet: The Big Picture : Fiction Books Currently Reading by Us Non-Fiction types		72	Garp83, augusti 26
Girlybooks : Female fantasy/sci-fi writers		25	lucien, augusti 21
Science Fiction Fans : Top 100 Sci Fi Recommendations for New Readers of the Genre: Post Your List		362	RobertDay, augusti 17
The Green Dragon : Bored with my books!		13	rojse, augusti 10
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : 75 reads in 09		87	alcottacre, augusti 10
FantasyFans : Fantasy short stories		16	ElenaGwynne, juli 29
Book talk : Books to buy... for me...		10	cullenandpotter, juli 27
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Ambrosia4's 75 Book Challenge		124	alcottacre, juli 25
Science Fiction Fans : Greatest Hits of All Time		21	Anastasia169, juli 21
Name that Book : Time travel through net to 11th century. Oxford. Flu virus.		5	Willow316, juli 19
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : What We Are Reading - Nonfiction		448	Bridget770, juli 15
999 Challenge : Ambrosia4's		84	RidgewayGirl, juli 1
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : flissp 2009		264	flissp, juli 1
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Lorie's 2009 Book Reads, Part 2		250	loriephillips, juni 30
The Green Dragon : June Reads 2009		180	readafew, juni 30
The Green Dragon : June-book-bugs buying books		97	sandragon, juni 27
Go Review That Book! : Game Thread 3		250	lilyfyrestorm, juni 23
The Green Dragon : May Reads 2009		82	DeusExLibrus, juni 6
The Green Dragon : New 'where are you' thread		238	cmbohn, maj 30
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Lunacat's Log Take 2		171	lunacat, maj 20
Science Fiction Fans : Religion and Science Fiction		59	jimroberts, maj 14
FantasyFans : in search of "one shot"/stand-alone fantasy novels		135	Ardashir, maj 4
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Tad's Books in 2009, Part 2		244	TadAD, maj 2
Science Fiction Fans : MESSAGE BOARD		72	DugsBooks, april 29
Name that Book : Sci fi at least 10 yrs ago - time travel without consequences		6	kokipy, april 28
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : LisaCurcio's 2009 reads		114	blackdogbooks, april 26
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : She Who Wears Red Reads Books		219	girlunderglass, april 24
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : 100 Favorites		90	blackdogbooks, april 22
What Are You Reading Now? : 2009 Your Best Five Reads of Quarter 1 (January - March)		117	narcissus_in_theory, april 15
Science Fiction Fans : HUGO Nominations are up!		94	StormRaven, april 12
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Piyush's bid for 75		252	PiyushChourasia, april 4
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : MusicMom41's 2009 Reads		287	FAMeulstee, april 3
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Lorie's 2009 Book Reads		218	loriephillips, april 2
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : AlcottAcre's 2009 Reads, Take 3		323	ronincats, april 1
The Green Dragon : March Madness (in the bookstore)		113	cmbohn, mars 31
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Lunacat's mission for 2009......76 books!		270	flissp, mars 31
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Whisper's 2009 Reading Take Two		291	Whisper1, mars 30
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Ronincats' 2009 Reading List for 2009		269	blackdogbooks, mars 28
What Are You Reading Now? : What Are You Reading the Week of 7 February 2009?		214	storm_indigo, mars 27
Science Fiction Fans : New To Sci FI		89	ejj1955, mars 14
What Are You Reading Now? : Books that came home with you in February		267	crazy4reading, februari 28
Science Fiction Fans : Strong female leads?		75	tangerinealert, februari 28
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : AlcottAcre's 2009 Reads, Take 2		352	laytonwoman3rd, februari 26
Historical Fiction : Your 2008 Top Ten		51	Cariola, februari 22
Science Fiction Fans : Non-science Science Fiction writers		185	thesmellofbooks, februari 22
What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 17 January 2009		239	richardderus, februari 11
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : Best reads of the month - January		76	Whisper1, februari 7
75 Books Challenge for 2009 : AlcottAcre's 2009 Reads		509	jade605, februari 3
999 Challenge : What are you reading right now?		255	naastik, februari 1
What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today?--January 2009		306	richardderus, januari 22
What Are You Reading Now? : What You Are Reading the Week of 3 January 2009		213	Biyismom, januari 12
What Are You Reading Now? : What's the first book you're going to read in 2009?		76	callmejacx, januari 11
Time Travel, Alternate Histories and Parallel Worlds : What is you favorite Time-Travel book?		101	cpizotti, januari 11
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... Sherwood Smith Brightness Falls from the Air by James Tiptree, Jr. Farthing by Jo Walton Crusade by David Weber Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

... will do the 50 Challenge again next year, and have already planned my reading goals, in true LT fashion:). I have read Doomsday Book and enjoyed it very much. I didn't care for To Say Nothing of the Dog as much, but I plan to give Bellwether a try next year.

... your goal! Do you think you'll stay with this group/challenge next year? Also, I'm too lazy to look...have you read Doomsday Book by Connie Willis? I liked that book better because the tension is caused in part because the main character was from the present (with her modern ...

I forgot to mention that I went to the library to get Connie Willis' book Doomsday Book and the recorded version of Deep South by Nevada Barr. Which I did. I am going to drive the Natchez Trace over Thanksgiving and wanted to read the second, (for me, but actually the first of the two) of ...

Monthly Best in 2009: Best in Jan.: Willis, Connie: Doomsday Book (fiction) McGregor, Robert Kuhn: Conundrums for the Long Weekend (nonfiction) Best in Feb: Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men in a Boat (fiction) Horwitz, Tony: Confederates in the Attic (nonfiction) Best in Mar ...

Here are my monthly "bests" so far in 2009: Best in Jan.: Willis, Connie: Doomsday Book (fiction) McGregor, Robert Kuhn: Conundrums for the Long Weekend (nonfiction) Best in Feb: Jerome, Jerome K.: Three Men in a Boat (fiction) Horwitz, Tony: Confederates in the Attic (nonfict ...

i just finished doomsday book by Connie Willis. the narrator, jenny sterlin, is so associated in my mind with Laurie King's Russell and Holmes series that it took me about 13 of the 26+ hours to get her associated with Willis' characters, but i ended up enthralled. i have one tape to ...

... a couple books recently about viral outbreaks, not because of the current events but by complete accident. For me it was Doomsday Book, where after some one time-travles to the middle ages there is a sudden outbreak similar to the black death (also read In the Wake of the Plague and The Dem ...

... by accident, I've read a couple "disease is going to kill everyone" books recently (The Demon in the Freezer and Doomsday Book) All I can say is, medical science and biology are fairly advanced, and I think it's a field in science that we have a fairly strong grasp upon. Yes, the ...

62. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Pages: 445 Rating: 3/5 This book could have had 5-stars, but there was a lot of little things wrong with it. Full review posted if you want more details.

I just finished Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. It could have been really good but I had a lot of problems with it. Trying to write a full review now. (For someone who reads so much, I'm dreadful at articulating what I want to say.) Tomorrow I'm going to start Manga Shakespeare: Julius Caesa ...

I'm about to start Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. I have been wanting to read it for a long time because the summary sounded so interesting, glad I'm finally getting around to it!

... that was not quite as good as the other eight!) Category 3: Science Fiction Best: Willis, Connie: Doomsday Book (just nosed out the other Willis book—will be in my top ten this year) Worst: Bujold, Lois: Shards of Honor (no contest) Category 4: Fanta ...

... and Pastwatch by Card? They're both really quite good. I'm thinking that if you stretch the category a teensy bit Doomsday Book would also fit. And it too, is superb, imo. Enjoying your reviews -- thanks for including the links.

Enjoyed reading your thread. I agree with Susan--Doomsday Book was one of my "top reads" this year--it was my first book this year, too.

#5 - why was that (re Doomsday Book)? John

I completely loathed, despised, detested and abominated Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. After reading this idiocy, I succumbed to the pleas of an LT friend and attempted To Say Nothing of the Dog, which I liked even less than the first one. I lasted 27pp and threw it away.

From, AnnieMod's library, I picked Doomsday Book.

Thanks to the people who mentioned Connie Willis here. I hadn't heard of her before but I've now read Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog and Lincoln's Dreams and she just keeps getting better. I already put in an order for Blackout to be released in February.

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis - read it in February this year during a business travel in France. And loved it :)

... to pick 1 or 2 from each category, though: Nonfiction - Columbine and Speak, Memory; Fiction - Wizard of the Crow and Doomsday Book; Young Adult - The Hunger Games and The Underneath. I am not sure I am even happy with those choices, but it's a start. Does that help?

... Machine by H. G. Wells 6. Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson 7. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams 8. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 9. Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert Heinlein 10. I, Robot by Isaac Asimov

... and yet Willis manages to achieve her own unique style within the homage. And, though its set within the same future as Doomsday Book, which I read immediately prior, Willis' second foray is dramatically different from its predecessor (not a prequel/sequel relationship, but it is helpful in ...

I finished Doomsday Book the other day - a great read. Now into The Road Home by Rose Tremain. I had intended to read it for Orange July but somehow that didn't happen . . .

Finished Doomsday Book last night (technically this morning actually... yawn) and I thought it a thoroughly engrossing story. The first half could possibly have been tightened up a bit as it was a little repetitive in parts, but the second half certainly tore along. Well written, well ...

... okay but somehow the characters, especially Adelia, didn't ring true. She might have done better to use Willis' device in Doomsday Book and had Adelia get there by time travel. It would have been more believable! :-)

... and the Women Who Created Her (9/26/09) Category 3: Science Fiction (completed 9/20/09) 1. Willis, Connie: Doomsday Book (1/5/09) 2. Bradbury, Ray: The Martian Chronicles (1/11/09) 3. Campbell, Jack: The Lost Fleet: Dauntless (1/11/09) 4. Stephenson, Neal: The Diamond A ...

... your friend to just summarise the salient points for you. ETA: Yep, crimson-tide, I do that too. Glad you're loving the Doomsday Book!

I'm not a big sci-fi reader, but have enjoyed Connie Willis. The Doomsday Book is probably a good place to start. I also enjoyed Passage.

I haven't been reading much new stuff this year. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis is probably the best one I've read this year, I think.

The Doomsday Book is quite brilliant. It's one of the rare books I make time for a re-read every now and then. I like a few of her other books as well, but nothing is as good as Doomsday. livrecache, I was impressed by I'm Not Scared when I read it a few years ago, but I can't ...

I'm reading Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. Not far into it yet but can see I'm going to love it.

Finished The Bluest Eye and now starting Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.

... for Heaven, and Why on Earth It Matters, Quartet in Autumn, The Warden, The Eustace Diamonds, Sarah's Quilt, Doomsday Book - Willis, Queste, Fear Nothing - own, The Turn of the Screw, something by Terry Pratchett, Cybele's Secret, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Princess of ...

I think you'd really enjoy Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. It's light science-fiction and heavy historical fiction all in one.

... of Rain. >27(For more good fiction dealing with the Black Death, O divinenanny, I recommend both Connie Willis and The Doomsday Book and Geraldine Brooks and Year of Wonders. Both of them bring me as close to experiencing a plague as I ever hope to come.)

... in-depth read in the SciFi/Fantasy genre for 2009 is the discovery of Connie Willis. The first book I read this year was Doomsday Book and it became one of my top ten favorite books of all time. To Say Nothing of the Dog is entirely different in mood and character but just as enjoyable. ...

... in-depth read in the SciFi/Fantasy genre for 2009 is the discovery of Connie Willis. The first book I read this year was Doomsday Book and it became one of my top ten favorite books of all time. To Say Nothing of the Dog is entirely different in mood and character but just as enjoyable. ...

... several excellent and fun stories. The world and characters of the title story were expanded into her Hugo-winning novel Doomsday Book.

... categories. If you like historical novels, you might want to look for Guy Kay, Dorothy Dunnett, or Connie Willis's Doomsday Book, some of which would probably be found under fantasy.

To Say Nothing of the Dog, Doomsday Book, both by Connie Willis Kage Baker's amazing Company Novels, currently numbering eleven including short story collections is great for fans of both hard sci-fi and time travel. Time and Again, The Mirror by marilys Millhiser, Flashforward. A Shor ...

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, for sure.

Hi cgaus, I'm glad you enjoyed Doomsday Book; Willis is one of my favorite authors. I am still trying to get to read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. I had my name on the library reserve list for months and now the book seems to have been lost. The Third Twin by Follet sounds ...

... from the library and gaped. Needless to say, I've been working on it for awhile. I've been a fan of Willis since reading Doomsday Book earlier this year after hearing so much buzz around LT, and she continues to impress. I think my favorite was 'The Soul Selects Her Own Society...', a mock ...

... 2. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood 3. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon 4. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 5. Solos by Kitty Burns Florey Observations: - It was a LOT easier to choose my top five this time around. Not ...

46. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Rating: ★★★ Genre: SF, Middle Ages In the near future, humans have figured out how to time travel back to the past. This leads to historians visiting the ...

... The more graphic novels I read, the more I appreciate them. I definitely recommend this for anyone who is curious. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis: Heartbreaking and beautifully written. I think To Say Nothing of the Dog will be next.

... in Paradise. Oh and PBS has recently brought me: Horseplay by Judy Reene Singer, Sackett's Land by Louis L'Amour, Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis, The Game of Kings by Dorothy Dunnett, and Embers by Sándor Márai. ...Help me...

... a book you have to follow to the end. I picked this up because all the swine flu talk last month made me want to read Doomsday Book again, but I knew it was too soon after reading it the first time. The Plague chronicles a (fictional) outbreak of the plague in a seaport town in Algeria, ...

#101: Doomsday Book is on my list of memorable reads for this year. Glad to see it has found another fan!

25. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (1992, 578pgs, English) This right here is a perfect example of why I like LT. The real world ends up loving books like Twilight and The Da Vinci Code, both of which fell quite flat with me (I know, I dissed SMeyer, please forgive me). It takes a ...

Doomsday Book is one of my memorable books of the year. I hope you enjoy it!

... are looking for a quick read, and don't mind a little mystery in the way, this is for you. I'm thinking of reading Doomsday Book now, as this really didn't satisfy the itch for some good, no-strings-attached fiction. Happy reading all!

... and dirty to read. I don't think this really satisfied the itch, but it was OK. What I'm Reading Next: Probably Doomsday Book since it comes so highly recommended.

Oh, leave that dreadful Vernon God Little on the shelf (preferably not your own) and read Doomsday Book which is excellent.

... someone can give me a good reason why I should). I haven't really decided yet, but I'm thinking The Oxford Murders or Doomsday Book. Whichever I don't read now, I'll probably move on to afterwards :) Have a good rest of your week everyone!

... someone can give me a good reason why I should). I haven't really decided yet, but I'm thinking The Oxford Murders or Doomsday Book. Whichever I don't read now, I'll probably move on to afterwards :) Have a good rest of your week everyone!

... in history ca. 2050 who is sent back to London during the bombings by the Germans. Willis later expanded the concept into Doomsday Book, in which a student goes back to the fourteenth century, and about which I had somewhat mixed feelings.

... too! #190 Susan & #191 ronincats, actually, it's been on my TBR pile for quite a long time, but all the rave reviews of Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog definitely bumped it up - the two books are very high on my not-yet-purchased-TBR pile anyway - even more so, now you remind ...

... The Book Thief by Markus Zusak **** #46 Loser's Town by Daniel Depp ***1/2 #47 The Gathering by Anne Enright * #48 Doomsday Book by Connie Willis **** #49 Say Goodbye by Lisa Gardner *** #50 The Secret Life of CeeCee Wilkes by Diane Chamberlain ***1/2

I hadn't heard about Doomsday Book before. Now I want to read it.

I've just left 21st century Oxford and 14th century Oxfordshire in Doomsday Book. I almost cried. I don't know where I'm going next. At the moment I'm going back into the land of tone sandhi with my research.

I'm reading Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. It's really, really engrossing and I've foregone all my other current reading for reading it. It also seems to be stunningly well researched. The bits of Middle English in there are very consistent with what I've learned of it. Huzzah for time ...

I'm at university in the UK of the future, and about to be dumped in the middle of the 14th century in Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.

... Hentzau by Anthony Hope Tigana by GGK The Doomsday Machine by Catherine Webb Impossible Things by Connie Willis Doomsday Book also by Connie Willis

I don't think it's it (and I haven't read it yet), but some of the description is vaguely reminiscent of The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.

... Adventures in Time and Space with Max Merriwell, and The City, Not Long After. Connie Willis - Lincoln's Dreams, Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and more... I've liked everything I've read by her so far. Diana Palmer - The Morcai Battalion S. L. Viehl - Stardoc, ...

Here are the favs. I decided to try to pick at least one book from each decade :) Painted Lives by Allen The Doomsday Book by Willis The Silver Chalice by Costain The Pyrdain Chronicles by Alexander The Boxcar Children by Warner Granny Brand by Wilson A Severe Mercy by Vanauk ...

... being a far future post apocalyptic novel. Some of Connie Willis works like Bellwether (probably near future), Doomsday Book (steampunk style future) has interesting female protagonists. The first books in Karen Traviss Wess'har series are pretty good - spacetravels and ...

@217 -- Doomsday Book by Connie Willis and The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis are the same book, so this should go on the list as having two votes. FYI. :D

... Dorothy Sayers Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Tigana by Guy Gavriel Kay The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Macbeth by Shakespeare The Age of Innocence by Edith ...

#56 MM To Say Nothing of the Dog is very good. It is completely different from Doomsday Book but still brilliant in a different kind of way.

... Day weekend when I will be able to immerse myself! :-) I have been a little worried that I might be disappointed because Doomsday Book was my fist book this year and it is now on my top ten favorite books list! You have reassured me--I will go into it with an open mind and I'm sure I will ...

... want: humor, romance, mystery and time travel. It's entirely different from the only other novel I've read by this author, Doomsday Book , which makes me think that Connie Willis is a very clever and talented writer. The plot is fast-paced and multi-faceted. It's purposefully written in the ...

... it sounds great! I'd also like to second Ronincats recommendation of Bellwether; it's my favorite Willis after Doomsday Book. I re-read Bellwether every year. It never fails to cheer me up.

... Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Hyperion by Dan Simmons War with the Newts by Karel Capek The Demolished Man by Alfred Bester The Postman by ...

My list of favorites, after much trial, tribulation and debate with myself: Doomsday Book – Connie Willis Ex Libris – Anne Fadiman 84, Charing Cross Road – Helene Hanff Little Women – Louisa May Alcott Education of a Wandering Man – Louis L’Amour On ...

... Fitzhugh 3) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4) Christmas in Noisy Village by Astrid Lindgren 5) Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 6)The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien 7) Salamander by Thomas Wharton 8) The Old Kingdom Trilogy- (Sabriel, Lirael: D ...

... hmitz Native Tongue by Suzette Haden Elgin Agent of Change by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller Storyteller by Amy Thomson Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Startide Rising by David Brin

... of the Dog by Connie Wills, another one that I thoroughly enjoyed. I'm trying to decide if I like it better than Doomsday Book or not, and I can't really decide; they seem so different. I really love To Say Nothing of the Dog's humor, and the little romance aspect, and the allusions ...

... 5 39. To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis 512 pages I knew I wasn't going to be reading something like Doomsday Book but I wasn't expecting it to be as good, just in a different way. This is a far more lighthearted and humourous look at what effects one single person, animal ...

... already. I also left out the poetry books I read because those are of limited interest to others. Best in January: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis (fiction) 5 Stars -- I'm fairly new to Science Fiction; if it is all this good I'll be an addict! This is a fabulous novel & will be one of ...

... by Dan Simmons, with the Shrike and man's religions vs. machine's religions, come to mind, as do the Endymion sequels. The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, with the village priest's confession, has religious threads, as does her Passage.

... my spelling!)? Also I need some help here-- This is what I have read so far in this category: 1. Willis, Connie: Doomsday Book (1/6/09) 2. Campbell, Jack: The Lost Fleet: Dauntless (1/11/09) 3. Bradbury, Ray: The Martian Chronicles, the 1997 revised and updated version (1/13/09) ...

... enjoyed the running gag (if that's even the right word) of the fad of persecuting smokers. It was very different from The Doomsday Book, but I still enjoyed it a lot. Book 44 is Three Men In A Boat by Jerome K Jerome, which was another very funny story about three Victorian men ...

... bookfair on Friday (the big one). What did I buy? The Black Jewels trilogy by Ann Bishop (disturbing fantasy) Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Take My Word for it by John Marsden Teach Yourself Nepali Teach Yourself Ancient Greek A Course in Fanagalo Pagan's Scri ...

... for Arbonne. I have read To Say Nothing of the Dog but need to get around to Three Men in a Boat. And I'm adding The Doomsday Book to my list now. I have read Sense and Sensibility but haven't gotten to others. I want to read Emma, Pride and Prejudice and Persuasion. Not ...

He, She, and It sounds like a really good read. If it is anywhere nearly as well done as Doomsday Book I know I will love it. Onto the TBR it goes!

... where their ancestors freedom is just as threatened as it is now. This novel combines the future and the past, much as Doomsday Book did so successfully. Earth is suffering in the mid 21st century, with high temperatures, radiation and danger. There are three different 'areas' within this ...

Better yet, try BOTH To Say Nothing of the Dog and Bellwether. The first uses the same time travel setup as Doomsday Book but travels to Victorian times and is a comedy romance. The latter is a great albeit indirect sendup of modern bureaucracy as well as modern science and a romance as well. ...

... your goal of 100 books this year, and will probably surpass it. And you've added quite a few to my TBR pile! I read Doomsday Book earlier this year and also enjoyed it. I finished The Hemingses of Monticello after seeing it on your thread. A good read but definitely longer than ...

... did some of the bad things attributed to her for reasons of her own. I suppose I just like an anti-heroine. Book 33 is Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, which I've seen recommended all over the place lately. I have to completely agree with the good buzz. This is a science fiction book set ...

... myths and legends, Pears Encyclopaedia of Myths and Legends: Western and Northern Europe, Central and Southern africa. And Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. Oh, and a bird book for my brother, when the car got stolen last year his bird books were in it, my mum got him some secondhand, but they ...

... sounds The Midwife's apprentice like a good one to add to my Newbery list and my local branch has it. I really enjoyed Doomsday Book earlier this year which is about the Middle Ages--sort of--and this one will be a good complement to that.

... Columbus doesn't sound very fun or very worth while, but the book is truly fantastic. The premise is a lot like that of Doomsday Book (I must have heard about both of them in the same conversation and then forgotten, oops): researchers on the Pastwatch project use machines to view the past, ...

... Dick. There are a number of SF books that involve time-travel. One of the more well known books is Connie Willis's Doomsday Book which won the Hugo Award in 1993 (well shared the win actually). The Hugo Award is awarded by popular vote of SF fans at Worldcon. Kage Baker's ronincats in 75 Books Challenge for 2009 : LisaCurcio's 2009 reads (mar 8, 2009, 2:55pm)

... the most delightful fashion, and you even get to wave at the "Three Men" on the Thames. Highly recommended. Same author as The Doomsday Book, but totally different affect, even though the time travel is the same. Don't know how thin it is, but it is light reading.

16) Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. Excellent book. Historians in the future study the past by visiting it. While one historian is travelling to the middle ages a virus breaks out at the university and the preparations go awry. We get to see the parallel progressions of epidemics in the ...

... by Marina Lewycak Brat Farrar by Josephine Tey The Bridal Wreath: Kristin Lavransdatter Vol. 1 by Sigrid Undset Doomsday Book by Connie Willis The Belly of Paris by Emile Zola An Arsonist’s Guide to Writers' Homes in New England by Brock Clarke Something Rotten by Jasper Ff ...

#119: Piyush, I was going to wait until a copy of Doomsday Book came up on BookMooch, but I think I'm going to have to buy it off The Book Depository. Now that I've looked into it, it really does sound like something I'd like. Hopefully the science fiction and time travel aspect of it will keep ...

Hi Nikki, while Doomsday Book is a good sci-fi involving time travel and I second whatever lunacat already mentioned, but it IS a book with PLAGUE as the central theme, still don't let that put you off from trying this book. And yeah, awesome reviews!

Thanks, Ronin! I've heard of Doomsday Book, but only as another plague book (I was talking about Year of Wonders at the time). I didn't like YoW, so didn't look into Doomsday Book. I didn't realize it was sci-fi and involves time travel. Hmmm. Sounds like an interesting cross-genre book. Adde ...

... I wouldn't have described it as really a crossover book that fans of other genres would appreciate it. Have you read Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. It is an absolutely brilliant cross of science fiction/near future earth/historical fiction that I think you might like, given how many ...

... to read more science fiction and fantasy this year because it has been such a long time since I explored those genres. Doomsday Book was first out of the gate, and now everything else has to live up to it!

I see you have Doomsday Book on your list of memorable reads so far this year. I LOVED that book :)

... don't consider myself a fantasy fan but so far this year it looks like my 2 top reads are fantasy books! The other was Doomsday Book--maybe that is supposed to be scifi? I get them confused unless I there are space ships involved! :-)

... book also shows how people are idiots no matter what period of time. Ain't that the truth? Like you, I also liked Doomsday Book. It is one of my memorable reads for the year.

I read Doomsday Book last month and thought it was fabulous. Glad you enjoyed it as well.

#7 Doomsday Book by Connie Willis This is a book that many women who do not like scifi could easily enjoy. The story takes place in 2054, and the historians at Oxford are sending people back in time! Much of the story takes place in the Middle Ages, where people get sick easily and die ...

... summer when things slow down. I'm enjoying it, but sometimes I just want to "shake" Kristan--she can be so foolish! Doomsday Book was one of the first books I read this year and I think it will definitely make my top 5 fiction reads this year. I loved it! I hope you enjoy it. I'm ...

... to the same thing! Stubborn? Faugh! Why, I even read that Guernsey thing without curling my lip! (It says here.) Doomsday Book is not me being stubborn, either! I just didn't like it, I didn't say it was crummy or unreadable or any of the other things I thought...I mean, could have ...

... it immensely) and promptly began A Trip to the Stars which I am also liking. Keeping in mind that rdear did not like Doomsday, I am withholding comment on whether he will like this one, at least for a while. Rdear, please ask the magical, mystical love it hate it button( mmlihib) ...

... hurts mostly only when I am trying to walk, I am also almost back to my normal sleeping posture. The Secret Garden and Doomsday Book were my first time reads and I quite liked them. Actually , my only "not so good read" so far this year is 2010: Odyssey Two

I'm playing "catch-up" today. The Secret Garden is a long time favorite of mine--from childhood--with numerous rereads. Doomsday Book is a new favorite of mine--read it for the first time in January of this year and loved it. I like the parallel stories and especially the way it makes you ...

World War Z by Max Brooks Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

11. Doomsday Book - Connie Willis Take out the time travel and it is a standard thriller, which makes it much easier to relate with the events and the characters. The book has the feel of a bomb ticking away, something big about to happen throughout the book and I was not wrong in ...

... genre is unique and unable to be interchanged with other things is preposterous. Of course it can be mixed. Just look at Doomsday Book. That has sf elements in that is a future world and has technology, and yet is also historical fiction. And the sf elements of that could have been done as ...

#87 Alcottacre Lincoln's Dreams is the first Connie Willis book I read. I did not like it as much as the Doomsday Book but liked it enough to seek out her other works and continue to read her.

... Jack: The Lost Fleet: Dauntless Stephenson, Neal: The Diamond Age Other PL Books Read Willis, Connie: The Doomsday Book Rich, Adrienne: An Atlas of the Difficult World Bradbury, Ray: The Martian Chronicles Samet, Elizabeth D.: Soldier’s Heart McGregor, Robe ...

I too wondered if you'd read Doomsday Book when you mentioned a plague read. it was good. :)

#114 allthesedarnbooks Doomsday Book was one of my favourite book of last year and I'm afraid Company of Liars isn't comparable.........Doomsday Book is just so brilliant!

Company of Liars looks interesting! Have you read Doomsday Book? That's my favorite plague novel.

... ndoz The Plays and Poems of Richard Brinsley Sheridan Volume 1 Fiction Plainsong by Kent Haruf Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury Tethered by Amy MacKinnon Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn The Forever War by Joe Hal ...

... in the Dark by Lesley Kagen In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick The Wild Wood by Charles de Lint Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Actually, I've been very lucky as I almost all of the books I read in January were very good!

... Lightning Thief to me and he is very eager for me to read it, so I must give it priority. :) #62 I hope you enjoy Doomsday Book and Whistling in the Dark. I'm always a little nervous when people read the books I recommend because I'm afraid they will be disappointed! I'll be very ...

#62 lppn38 I'll be interested in what you have to say about Doomsday Book. I read it this month and I will be very surprised if it doesn't make it to my top five fiction reads this year! since Lorie thought Whistling in the Dark was even better, I guess I'll have to try and find that ...

Hi, thanks for your reviews, I'll be adding Doomsday Book and also Whistling in the Dark, which sounds right up my alley!

... though. ETA: Other good books with strong female protagonists; Tinker and sequel Wolf who Rules by Wen Spencer Doomsday book by Connie Willis Lethe by Tricia Sullivan Marks of our Brothers by Jane Lindskold Smoke and Mirrors by Jane Lindskold An Alien Light ...

... am so far failing. I must get round to reading Ex Libris as it is sitting on my shelf right now as a lend from my mum. Doomsday Book was one of the contenders for my book of the year last year, and so far Ella Minnow Pea is up there with the best of them for this year!! And I have such ...

... Nathaniel Philbrick, 4 Stars 2. The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet by Colleen McCullough, 3 1/2 Stars 3. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, 4 1/2 Stars 4. The Wild Wood by Charles De Lint, 5 Stars 5. The Magician's Book by Laura Miller, 3 Stars 6. I am Legend ...

... doz The Plays and Poems of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Volume 1 Fiction Plainsong by Kent Haruf Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury Tethered by Amy MacKinnon Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn The Forever War by Joe Hal ...

Lisa I am currently reading The Doomsday Book, the book being strongly recommended by Susan (whose advice never fails in Fantasy/SF), glad to know that you liked it, I have yet read only a quarter of the book, will be sometime before I manage to finish it.

Book #8 The Doomsday Book I come down on the side of those who loved this book. I know someone who did not like it because she felt that the history was not accurate, but I am blissfully ignorant, so was just able to enjoy the characters, the story and the suspense. A very satisfying read.

>218 jhowell, oh dear! Mind-numbing isn't good, is it? Well, well...I hated Doomsday Book that got so much praise heaped on it, and even went so far as to consider causing grievous bodily harm to the one who made me read it (*cough*mckait*cough*), so I relate. Sorry it wasn't a match for you! ...

#21 lorie So glad you liked Doomsday Book--I think this will definitely make my top 5 fiction list for this year--even though I read it so early in the year.

... a bit behind on posts. Can barely find time to read books... In any case, I'm happy to hear such a glowing report of Doomsday Book which is my book club contribution to our next queue of books for winter/spring.

... Kristin Lavransdatter Book II: Mistress of Husaby I am working on: Three Men in a Boat A Thousand Days in Venice Doomsday Book And I am going to get the French English dictionary out so I can get started on Le Scaphandre et le Papillon in French. That might take me a couple of ...

...but you must be very clean ;) ...well, I'm going to have to give The Doomsday Book a go at some point this year to see who I agree with!

A propos richardderus' comments on Doomsday Book: I haven't actually read it (although I have read Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog), but I saw that one review here on LT said that it's just really poorly written. I was surprised since I didn't think the writing in To Say... was at all bad, ...

A propos Doomsday Book: I now provide the dissenting vote. A certain Thingamabrarian (*cough*mckait*cough*) whose memory must be reviled throughout known spacetime for the offense MADE ME read 75pp of the %(!*^%^ thing. It was the longest eight years of my life. Precious. Pursey-lipped. S ...

>21 Book # 3 Doomsday Book My jaw dropped when I saw your post. I'm so glad you enjoyed this book. It is one of my favorite books ever. I re-read it periodically, probably every other year. I enjoy it more each time. After I read this book, I became a Connie Willis fan and she's never let ...

I just finished Doomsday Book and it's very absorbing, a great read. There's several threads in this group about it and no bad reviews, everyone loves it.

I've had The Doomsday Book on my TBR list forever - I'm determined to read it this year, it's a back up for my TBR Challenge. I think I'm going to have to move it up on the list. It's been sitting in my TBR stack in my bedroom for over a year now!

Doomsday Book and The Independence of Mary Bennet both sound very interesting; to the TBR list they go! I'm especially curious about The Independence of Mary Bennet; I really love P&P, but I'm curious to read the 'sacrilege' anyway. Thanks for the reviews!

Now I really want to reread The Doomsday Book. I read it when I was quite young and I liked it, but I think it was too much for my teenage self to handle. Crazy Horse sounds really good!

... She's also a good three years overdue on her next time-travel novel "All Clear". Grrr! Arrgh! Her best "somber" novel is The Doomsday Book and her best lighthearted novel is To Say Nothing of the Dog. Both take place in her time-travel universe. If you read anything else by her, I'd love ...

With all of the recommendations for The Doomsday Book I will have to move it to the top of the pile. And now I have to find a copy of The Incredible Voyage, although I think I will like more because of the sailing parts of the adventure.

... Defoe sounds especially my kind of thing!! *sighs at mountain of books waiting for her* And I too absolutely loved Doomsday Book and I'm glad you did as well.

I think I need to move Doomsday Book toward the top of the tbr pile. I've seen many reviews on our LT 75 book challenge about this book.

... or/Number_3_Blue.png"> 570 Pages Doomsday Book by Connie Willis This book begins in the year 2054 at a time when time travel is possible. Kivrin, an historian at Oxford, is sent back to the Middle A ...

looks like I might have to get hold of Doomsday Book myself

I too, loved Doomsday Book and Dandelion Wine is a long time favorite. Now I am off to add Crazy Horse to my wish list. :-/

... I had did not, and I think it would certainly have helped when Dolnick is going into such detail on the pictures 10. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis - I loved this book 11. A Journal of the Plague Year by Daniel Defoe - once I got passed the archaic speech, I very much ...

Ah Stasia -- Missed that you had read Doomsday book -- thought it was still tbr. I'll check your thread for comments. Ambrosia -- hey! quite a thread you've got going. re: reviews/jotted notes about the books. I found mine from last year weren't complete enough when I went back to try to ...

... again. That way I can just surge through the story line and the language without the hiccups of all those look ups. And Doomsday Book is one of my TBR collection. And I will definitely check your review. Thanks.

... the time. I'll be interested in your comments when you finish. If you are interested in the Middle Ages you might try Doomsday Book which, although its science fiction genre, has a story line that takes place in medieval times which is very wall researched and seems accurate. I just ...

... since I just went ahead and read the whole thing!! To Say Nothing of the Dog is a lot of fun. I have also read her Doomsday Book which is more serious (people dying of the plague...not very funny!) but excellent. Have you read that one?

#35 - A bunch of people in my book club have made a tradition of re-reading The Doomsday Book every December. We're big Connie Willis fans. I think some of the little details in the Middle Ages sections -- the general lack of hygeine, dirty fingernails, etc, add to the sense of realness. Oh, I ...

#32: Your mention of the bad reviews of Watchmen surprises me as well. Then again, I read Doomsday Book by Connie Willis this past week and when I looked at the reviews after I had finished it someone had said something along the lines of "It was poorly written and I could not get beyond ...

... I'd come down on the question myself—they're so different. Both have a grand sweep to them, I'll say that. However, Doomsday Book is slightly more human, and that may tip the scales. We'll see after you're done with your challenge! :-)

... the additional suggestions, I'll add them to my ever growing list in this genre! It will be difficult for anything to top Doomsday Book for me for quite a while. I was really overwhelmed by how great it was. I also like Ursala LeGuin and will read LH of D this year. #20 VioletBramble I ...

... for a long weekend or a couple of days off so I can just immerse myself in them. I anticipate those being lots of fun. Doomsday Book was not 'fun' but I found it a great read and I'm sure I will read it again because I know I will get even more out of it when I'm not trying to figure out ...

>30: Tad, would your recommended-reading-order for these two still be The Doomsday Book first, all other things being equal? I'm definitely going to try to fit these in this year (and have even picked up a copy of Three Men in a Boat in preparation for TSNotD) so would welcome your thoughts.

Wow, lots more for my TBR pile - Doomsday Book and its sequel, Tepper. Thanks MusicMom41 for the review and everyone else for comments and additional suggestions!

I too love The Doomsday Book, but my favorite book by Connie Willis is Bellwether, which I realize may be a bit dated by now.

Ooh, I like the sound of The Doomsday Book! That's going on my TBR pile for this year (and possibly the sequel too!)...

I also love The Doomsday Book. It's on my Top 10 books list. I re-read it every December. The last 40 pages or so I become a sobbing mess. My only problem with Connie Willis books is that she always puts too many obstacles in the paths of her characters. Also, in the future sections of the book, ...

I'm glad you liked The Doomsday Book. I don't generally like SF/Fantasy, but good literature transcends its genre.

Hi MusicMom41 - I'll have to add The Doomsday Book the ever growing TBR list.

I'm about half way through Doomsday Book and I'm liking it. It's very fast paced and the story is pretty much carried by the dialogue more than descriptive prose. Very absorbing. I'm surprised it's not a movie.

I love The Doomsday Book -- so glad you enjoyed it too. I'm also thrilled to be in on your posts from the beginning of the year :)

hi musicmom Thanks for the excellent review of The Doomsday book I'll look out for this one.

... It's that sensawunda that keeps us reading! As cautioned before, To Say Nothing of the Dog is not a direct sequel to The doomsday Book, and is completely different in tone. It uses the same university campus and the same time travel technology, but results in a scintillating Victorian ...

Book 1: Willis, Connie: The Doomsday Book 999 SciFi/Fantasy category PL pages 578 This book falls in the SciFi group because what sets if apart from an historical novel is that part of the story takes place at Christmas time in the year 2054, part of it takes place at Christmas ...

... a month--fewer when I'm reading really long or dense books and more when I'm reading lighter stuff. I had not expected Doomsday Book to be such an intense read--I though scifi was more "fluff." Was I ever wrong! I'm going now to write my comments so I can post it on my thread--I'll give ...

I have Doomsday Book on my TBR pile, it's actually in my desk at work, where it's been for a couple of years just waiting for me to get some free time at work. One of the benefits of the Lost Fleet series as opposed to some others is the books are relatively short (200-300 pages) and there ...

... is SciFi/Fantasy. I'm not familiar with the Jack Campbell series so I'm going to check it out. The book I finished was Doomsday Book by Connie Willis--a SF book involving time travel back to the Middle Ages. Don't want to tell too much--but it was really fascinating. It sort of combined SF ...

I just started Beastly by Alex Flinn, a YA book. I can't put it down. And I LOVED Doomsday Book!!

I have finished The Book of Other People by Zadie Smith/Various Authors and Have now started Doomsday Book by Connie Willis which so far is brilliant.

#37 lorie I just finished Doomsday Book yesterday. I will be interested in your opinion. Sometime this week I will post my comments on my 75 challenge thread.

I just started Doomsday Book and have put Enders Game on my wish list. All because of the threads in this group. I certainly was wrong to think that my TBR pile would shrink due to this challenge!

Just started Doomsday Book after reading so many comments about it in this group. I'm liking it so far.

"No," Badri said. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

I am reading Doomsday Book along with MusicMom41.

I've had Doomsday Book on my TBR list forever, and this year I am determined to read it! I also have Assassin's Quest coming up next on my list, I will finally finish the trilogy, I've been reading one book a year!

lunacat, that's good to hear. Doomsday Book is one of my wishlist books.

#18 MusicMom41 I thoroughly enjoyed Doomsday Book, it lived up to all my expectations!! I hope it does for you as well.

I'm reading Doomsday Book by Connie Willis as my first read for my 999 scifi/fantasy category. So far it is really compelling!

... Home at the End of the World by Michael Cunningham The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks by E. Lockhart Doomsday Book by Connie Willis All except the YA book are ones I've been meaning to read for years.

... January and February. I'll let you know before I actually start it if you are still interested. I'm only just starting Doomsday Book but so far it is very interesting and I'm not tempted to put it down! I'm not an expert on Medieval Times but Willis seems to have researched that period ...

... Samet because it's an ER book and I need to review it--I saved it for my Books about Books category. I've also started Doomsday Book by Connie Willis because my grandsons gave it to me for Christmas (they are ages 6 and 3--their Dad picked it out--he's my son that wants me to read more ...

Doomsday Book is really good -- and I generally am not a fan of the genre. So enjoy! Happy New Year!

... Down and Out last year and considered it one of my top reads. I hope you enjoy it! Tonight (after midnight) I started Doomsday Book by Connie Willis--a 999 challenge book for me. Will also read Soldier's Heart by Elizabeth Samet--an ER book I hope to review before the end of the ...

I started Doomsday Book by Connie Willis--a 999 challenge book for me. Will also read Soldier's Heart by Elizabeth Samet--an ER book I hope to review before the end of the weekkend and will also fin into my 999.

Category 4: Science Fiction 1. Willis, Connie: Doomsday Book (1/6/09) 2. Campbell, Jack: The Lost Fleet: Dauntless (1/11/09) 3. Bradbury, Ray: The Martian Chronicles, the 1997 revised and updated version (1/13/09) 4. Stephenson, Neal: The Diamond Age (1/30/09) 5. Le Guin, Ursula: ...

... : 1. Devil's Brood by Sharon Kay Penman 2. Lady of Hay by Barbara Erskine 3. Into the Wilderness by Sara Donati 4. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 5. Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught 6. Circle of Friends by Meve Binchy 7. Sick of Shadows by Sharyn Mcc ...

... rdsong Other standouts, in no particular order: Hotel du Lac The Lizard Cage (second reading, last year's fave) The Doomsday Book Fifth Business A Human Being Died that Night: A South African Story of Forgiveness The Leopard The Road The Devil in the White City: Murder, ...

... the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick, 4 Stars 2. The Independence of Miss Mary Bennet by Colleen McCullough, 3 1/2 Stars 3. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, 4 1/2 Stars 4. The Wild Wood by Charles De Lint, 5 Stars 5. The Magician's Book by Laura Miller, 3 Stars 6. I am Legend by Richard Ma ...

... given up on (maybe that’s why I only read 40 books this year as opposed to my usual 50). ANYways, the standouts: Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett- Excellent; haven't read World Without End yet, have to get on that... The Lady Elizabeth ...

... I read the first book two or three times before finally reading the latter. But both are a lot of fun. Both TSNotD and Doomsday Book use the same time travel technology and are set in the same future, first introduced in Willis' short story Fire Watch. However, the first is a romantic ...

Doomsday Book sounds good! Several people have recommended Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog to me (although I'm told you need to have read Three Men and a Boat first to get a lot of the references - so have to jump that hurdle first!).

51. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis A fast paced, interesting and enjoyable book set half in the past, and half in the future. Students are sent to the past to truly study and experience what it was like. One girl gets accidentally sent to the 12th century, as the black death is hitting England. ...

Okay -- I loved the Doomsday Book and know a ton of other folks here did too. I've been meaning to ask, whenever this book has come up on a thread, if anyone's read Card's Pastwatch? It is soooo good! It was recommended to me buy a non-scifi/fantasy fan librarian in Colorado Springs. I ...

No. 77 - Doomsday Book by Connie Willis - read this one for the Go Review That Book group. Enjoyed it very much and my review is here: http://www.librarything.com/work/27022 578 pages No. 78 - The Thin Woman by Dorothy Cannell - I think I have now figured out what my problem is ...

lilyfyrestorm, Doomsday Book was a really great choice - so far you guys have not picked even one turkey for me - and I enjoyed it very much. My review is here: http://www.librarything.com/work/27022 For you, fancett, I've chosen Jean de Florette & Manon of the Springs by Marcel Pagnol. ...

... (older son recommended--not sure based on reading reviews--haven't been able to find a copy to look at) Willis, Connie: Doomsday Book and/or To Say Nothing of the Dog--both highly recommended on LT and I was able to look at them today and they seemed like they might be enjoyable. McKillip, ...

Finished Doomsday Book and have now embarked on Richard Adams' Maia

I finished Doomsday Book and am now embarking on Maia and hoping I don't need the 50 page rule, cos if I do I won't even be able to say I'd read about an eighth of the book!!! 1129 pages here I come.

Two thirds of the way through The Doomsday Book.......so far its fab!!

I'm two thirds of the way through The Doomsday Book and loving every second of it.

... them!! So many books in my tbr pile (thanks to LibraryThing and BookMooch!) and so little time. I'm currently reading The Doomsday Book which is a combination of historical fiction and future/sci-fi. Have you read it?

Currently half way through The Doomsday Book which I am utterly enjoying. The mix of future and past is very enjoyable, as are the characters and the situations they find themselves in.

... doing so. My review is here. For you I choose Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. This book is in my unread pile as well, and depending on what you think of it, I may read it sooner than planned. Anyone choosing for ...

... Thomas's Eve Beyond the Blue Mountains Royal Road to Fotheringay The Captive Queen of Scots The Sixth Wife Doomsday Book by Connie Willis The Book of the New Sun: Volume 1: Shadow and Claw by Gene Wolfe The Book of the New Sun: Volume 2: Sword and Citadel by Gen ...

... Thomas's Eve Beyond the Blue Mountains Royal Road to Fotheringay The Captive Queen of Scots The Sixth Wife Doomsday Book by Connie Willis The Book of the New Sun: Volume 1: Shadow and Claw by Gene Wolfe The Book of the New Sun: Volume 2: Sword and Citadel by Gene ...

Thanks to all for the advice! The Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog are both now on my "to buy for 999" list as is Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome book. Since Gaudy Night is one of my all time favorite books of any genre and a regular reread for me, how could I not ...

... De Blasis 11. A Long Fatal Love Chase by Louisa May Alcott 12. People of the Fire by Kathleen O'Neal Gear 13. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 14. Ride the Wind by Lucia St. Clair Robson 15. Lady Of The Glen: A Novel of 17Th-Century Scotland and the Massacre… by Jennifer R ...

#111 MusicMom1: If you are trying Connie Willis, do not neglect The Doomsday Book either if you've not read it yet. It is very good.

... I can easily recommend more! :-) Neal Stephenson - Cryptonomicon (also The Diamond Age is good) Connie Willis - Doomsday Book (also To Say Nothing of the Dog is very funny) C. J. Cherryh - Downbelow Station (probably the best starting point for her universe) Frank Herbert - Dun ...

Hmmm, realized I responded with a list to MusicMom41, but this is blackdogbooks thread. :-) Putting it over in her thread.

... Williams *re-read 51. To Green Angel Tower Part 2 by Tad Williams *re-read 52. Spook Country by William Gibson 53. The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 54. The Devil Wears Prada by Laura Weisberger 55. The Secret History by Donna Tartt 56. Kinki Lullaby by Isaac Adamson *re-read ...

Connie Willis's Doomsday Book describes a young Oxford woman's history practicum, which she spends in the middle ages. Guy Kay's historical and rather romantic fantasies, especially The Lions of al-Rassan, will appeal to many Gabaldon fans.

... Wales by Karen Harper 7/19/08 22. Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue 23. Holy Fools by Joanne Harris 24. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 8/10/08 25. The Scandal of the Season by Sophie Gee 26. Death of Riley by Rhys Bowen 8/20/08 27. A Constant Heart ...

The Book of Daniel by E.L. Doctorow Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

... Game. I bought Pastwatch when it came out in hardcover, but haven't read it yet. I *love* Connie Willis. Try: - The Doomsday Book or - To Say Nothing of the Dog or - Lincoln's Dreams On my list to try, but not read yet, is David Weber. I've had his Honor Harrington series ...

... and present as an author who writes a novel set entirely in the past. And when a time-switching novel is well-written (like Doomsday Book), the part of the novel set in the past can pull the reader into a different time period just as effectively.

... the Muslim-held territories, bit by bit. And the characters really come alive. I also second the recommendations of The Doomsday Book and The Name of the Rose. You can probably find a lot more books in your "missing centuries" at my Historical Novels website: jmgold in Science Fiction Fans : Your Essential Science Fiction List (aug 8, 2008, 6:29pm)

... : Peter Watts Pattern Recognition : William Gibson Snow Crash : Neal Stephenson White Light : Rudy Rucker Doomsday Book : Connie Willis Hard-boiled Wonderland and the End of the World : Haruki Murakami A Scanner Darkly : Philip K Dick Nine Princes in Amber : Roger Zelaz ...

... a couple of well-regarded stories - 'All My Darling Daughters', for example - and one or two well-regarded novels - like Doomsday Book. But for the last few years, it's been nothing but bloody twee Christmas stories. Like the one on this year's Hugo ballot. Is that what people think is really ...

... City by Alastair Reynolds Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson Cyteen by C. J. Cherryh Darwin's Radio by Greg Bear Doomsday Book by Connie Willis End of the World Blues by Jon Courtenay Grimwood Excession by Iain M. Banks Falling Free by Lois McMaster Bujold Feersum Endjinn ...

... get into, IMHO The Testament of Yves Gundron by Emily Barton because it strikes me that this is what the Gawdawful Doomsday Book could have been if...well, never mind. What Mr. Man will do to me when I walk in with all these books while I'm packing doesn't bear thinking about.

Yes, unless the episodes set in the past are purely incidental to the main narrative. I consider Connie Willis's Doomsday Book both historical fiction and SF.

... Dog came here. I will be darned if I know how it happened. Seriously... Granted Lincoln's Dreams was terrible. Doomsday Book and Passage were both very good, my fave of the two being Passage. At least we agree on Lace Reader and I think it would be wonderful for little Brunon ...

... padding on his man, and LOVES to eat. >158 mckait, be fair now..I finished every last miserable syllable of Doomsday Book even though I think it cost me three years off my life (not the crummy ones at the end, either, three good ones: 51, 60, and 63). I gave up on To Say Nothing ...

I'm currently reading an ARC of First Daughter by Eric Van Lustbader and Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. Both are very good. I'm also listening to the The Host by Stephanie Meyer. I love the online audio downloads from my library.

Welcome to LT, Mary! I read East of Eden a year or so ago and loved it! I'm currently reading Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. If you like Young Adult Fiction, the "Read YA Lit" group does alot of group reads. "Science Fiction Fans" has done a few group reads that were successful. Th ...

I've just started Doomsday Book by Connie Willis and enjoying it very much.

I'm reading Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.

... read. I loved all of it. I am trying to think of something not positive to say, but no luck. I liked it better than The Doomsday Book, and I did like that one a lot. This is going to sit next to TheLace Readeron my favorites shelf. I can hardly believe that I found two reads like ...

... of memory. It too is for a RL book group. I liked Life of Pi very much, but didn't care for Passage, but loved Doomsday Book, and my favorite To Say Nothing of the Dog.

... Set aside Winter in Madrid for now. About 80 pages in and wasn't into it. Re: Connie Willis. Loved Passage and Doomsday Book, but had a rougher time with Lincoln's Dreams. Will eventually read the rest of Willis' work, I think. Thought Shadow of the Wind was terrific. Glad ...

... you. That ol' TBR pile ... Someone just sent me To Say Nothing of the Dog, and I can see it is quite different from Doomsday Book, but haven't delved in yet. Will definitely report on it when I know, but looking at your favorite authors, I am going to guess that you would like DB.

>141 Doomsday Book was my first Connie Willis. I found it slow but ultimately rewarding. I preferred Passage.

... they were new, movies; I get the feeling that would make my experience of the book all the more enjoyable. Did you read Doomsday Book? That one defeated me. Just couldn't get any traction in it. >140 booklady, lawsy me! Perfect?! What a lot to live up to....

Yes, Teelgee, I do seem to be reading a lot. So many good books lately. I don't know for sure about Doomsday Book for you, but I think that because the future is not so futuristic and the past is so accurate to the period, you would not find it too sci-fi, but perhaps more in line with an ...

... src="http://www.librarything.com//picsizes/67/a9/63ffc855d1736cd5b977bbd76206aa72.jpg"> #37 Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. Even if I didn't especially like time-travel books, this combination sci-fi/historical novel would have been a fantastic read. I couldn't ...

... Report, you will enjoy this book. I refrained from reading it in public because it made me laugh out loud so often. 34. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Part of my continuing quest to read all the Hugo winning novels, this book was fantastic. It gets off to a slow start, but is worth ...

I am starting late, sussabmax, since I am working on Doomsday Book and am already pledged to read The Razor's Edge next, however I will try to get in a few Orangies anyway this month.

When I began reading The Doomsday Book on Saturday, I found a pass to Philly from Denver and one for the trip back! I found a bookmark with cats on it in a book that had belonged to my aunt The Golden Cat. She passed 1.5 yrs ago and was a huge cat person. I will be using that and hopefully ...

I finished The Doomsday Book, went back to a fluffy Barbara Michaels Here I Stay and now have no idea what to pick up for today. Since I work I will think about it until later. Although, I need a new book for work, too.

... story wasn't getting into my head somehow. #16 mckait, I am really interested in the many positive opinions I run acroo of Doomsday Book because I was so annoyed by the tedious slog I found it to be. I have disliked every Connie Willis book I've read with the exception of Inside Job. I find ...

Thanks to suggestions by folks here and elsewhere, This morning I picked up The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. I was sucked in by the second paragraph. Fantastic book...I am on page 100.

... on Wheels by Christopher Morley Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonald The Wheel on the School by Meindert DeJong The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

... since I have heard such great things about it. It is definitely worth a read, though. I am now supposed to be reading Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, which I've been looking forward to, but I got side-tracked by Stephen Colbert's hilarious I am America (and So Can You!).

smacks self in head Oh yeah... I just read two recently. Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog: or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last by Connie Willis. In a rather interesting way, she used the same basic premise -- historians at Oxford using time travel for research - ...

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis The Mammoth Book of Vampires The Mammoth Book of Vampire Stories by Women The Book of Hope The Big Book of Hell by Matt Groening

... is a great French series of novels about Philip the Handsome and his sons, and the destruction of the Knights Templar. The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis is a time travel novel where a 21st Century female scientist winds up in a small English village just as the Black Death strikes. The ...

... Mockingbird by Harper Lee Rabble in Arms by Kenneth Roberts The Green Hills of Earth by Robert Heinlein Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

... hmmm, perhaps I should suggest that in my email to ACE... btw, Connie Willis tells a funny story about the edition of The Doomsday Book that had the romance cover...(there's no romance in book)...

Alaska, I love both The Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis. I put the Jack Finney book on hold at my local library only to get a note back from them that it is no longer in circulation. I am beyond disappointed . . .

#78-Glad you liked it! I'm giving Doomsday Book another go this week.... I was up at three a.m. on Wens., coughing and sneezing (I'm offically allergic to Spring) and trying to sleep upright in my computer chair, and I thought a book about the Black Plague might take my mind off my troubles! ...

The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. Time traveling history student goes to village suffering from plague in 14th C. England. Willis is a great storyteller.

F&SF was pretty good under Rusch. But good editors rarely make good writers. Just look at Dozois. I read Willis' Doomsday Book when it was published. That wasn't bad. And I've read a collection of short stories by her, Fire Watch. That's currently available for sale on eBay... Her cutesy Chri ...

... Greanias The Eight by Katherine Neville ( touchstone wrong) Foucault's Penduum by Umberto Eco Doomsday Book by Connie Willis I started Atlantis Rising... pretty good fluffy-ish read

... my 40th birthday! Recommends: 1. Lincoln's Dreams my OTHER favorite. Winner of the J. W. Campbell Award 2.The Doomsday Book A book I need to go back and finish. It is a time travel novel, but it involves the Plague Years of England and the subject matter got me down. I ...

... lot. I have three favourites at this particular time (no pun intended) they are The Time Machine, H. G. Wells - Doomsday Book, Connie Willis and Lightning, Dean Koontz.

... was A Long Way Gone , although Scribbling the Cat was a close second. I'm not sure about the best fiction. Maybe Doomsday Book. And I have to agree about Devil in the White City. I thought the writing style was awkward. And the story it tells is so terrible that I simply couldn't ...

Is it The Doomsday Book by Connie Willis?

H: Historical Fiction: 1. Doomsday Bookread 2. Innocent Traitorread 3. The Green Branch 4. Falls the Shadowread 5. Julian 6. Time and Chanceread 7. Eine Messe für die Medici 8. T ...

... Leibowitz. The overall story, with the present and past portions, called to mind Connie Willis's Fire Watch and Doomsday Book.

... Alison McLeay - Recommended by Sarah Johnson, NoveList 4. The Greatest Knight -Recommended by John Hopper 5. Doomsday Book - Connie Willis 6. A Crowded Marriage - Catherine Alliott 7. Beau Crusoe - Carla Kelly - Recommended by Sarah Johnson , NoveList - Fin ...

... Omens, Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dragon Prince, Neverwhere, Absolute Sandman, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Doomsday Book ... FAVORITE DRINK: apple martini or a white russian FAVORITE CHEESE: gouda FAVOURITE SPELLING OF FAVORITE: "Favorite" FAVORITE GOURD-NOSED BARBARIAN: Obel ...

I didn't read much sf this year. By far the best of what I did read was a rereading of Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. The best of what was new to me was: Not this August by C. M. Kornbluth The Hammer of God by Arthur C. Clarke The Colors of Space by Marion Zimmer Bradley ...

... es 1. The Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson 2. Green Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson 3. Spin by Robert Charles Wilson 4. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis 5. Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern by Anne McCaffrey 6. Blue Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson 7. Frameshift by Robert J. Sawyer 8. Footfall ...

Oh, by the way, Bob, I got the fiction work, The Doomsday Book and really enjoyed it. Have also read two more in fiction by Ann Benson: The Physician's Tale and Thief of Souls. Additionally, Ken Follett's World Without End--the second in his series of novels about a cathedral ...

... of Britain. Lots of good historical stuff as well as a fantasy thread that ties the episodes together. I also liked Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.

... records on the web very easily. There are a couple of facts - a) Snow Crash was up against some tough competition - Doomsday Book, A Fire Upon The Deep, Red Mars to name but three in the same year. b) Views on what makes a great book change. Simple as that. This is true in the ...

I second the Doomsday Book recommendation!

I'd actually recommend Connie Willis's Doomsday Book over my own favorite TSNotD - Doomsday Book is intended to be more historical (rather than comedic), and appears on the surface to me as a non-medievalist reasonably well studied. As a time-travel book, it also gets into the importance of ...

Connie Willis's Doomsday book and wasn't at all happy...I seem to be the only person who reads her stuff with an annoyeed sigh at how many places the editors could have tightened things up without losing any clarity or savor, while smartening things up pacewise quite handily. Had the same ...

... gave me his stupid XBox360 3 weeks ago and I have only just this weekend finished 1 book since then. Grrrrr.... :-(* 40. Doomsday Book by Connie Willis An interesting Hugo & Nebula award winner from '92, Doomsday Book recounts the tale of a historian named Kirvin who travels from 2035 to 1348 ...

The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845-1849 - Cecil Woodham-Smith Doomsday Book - Connie Willis (plague) Death is a Lonely Business - Ray Bradbury his name was death - Fredric Brown The Forever War - Joe Haldeman

Waiting for me in the mailbox was Doomsday Book by Connie Willis.

... by Anthony Burgess The Godforsaken by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro A Stroke of Midnight by Laurell K. Hamilton Doomsday Book by Connie Willis Crossover by Michael Jan Friedman

... Pathfinder by Laeta Kalogridis Vineland by Thomas Pynchon Tokyo Underworld by Robert Whiting Doomsday Book by Connie Willis

... a few fantasy books which are set in Oxford, though as such, the setting is not exactly trustworthy. Connie Willis's Doomsday Book is the best of them. takes place concurrently in the past and the future, and though the focus is on the Middle Ages, Oxford plays a role as well.

... era and is, I'm told, loosely based on Three men in a boat by Jerome K. Jerome (haven't read that one yet). Doomsday Book takes the heroine back to the middle ages and the black plague. These are both Hugo winners. Other than Connie Willis I have a bit of an aversion to time ...

You might enjoy To Say Nothing of the Dog and/or Doomsday Book, both by Connie Willis. Although they don't involve aliens, they both involve time travel and could be described as "historical fiction based on fact."

Illusion was my favorite too. I liked The grand Eclipse and The Gates of Twilight. I just got some of her earlier novels...The Sorcerer's Lady series and The Luck of Relian Kru. Have you read any of those?

... Flannery O'Connor, The Complete Stories, because I had liked one of her stories in an anthology Connie Willis, Doomsday Book, because I enjoyed Fire Watch and others Katy Munger, Out of Time, because she's local and I enjoyed Legwork Robert Bly's Selected Poems, ...

Hello! I really like the Royal Diaries Series. They are really good! I have read: Anastasia, Last Grand Dutchess this link is wrong Eleanor, Crown Jewel Of Aquitaine this link is wrong

I agree heartily with the mentions of Connie Willis. Doomsday Book was based on the concepts in her award winning short story Fire Watch, also the title story of a collection. History students are sent to actually see the events they're studying. Time travel plays a part in my absolute ...

... Author: This month it is Sharon Kay Penman Favorite Books: The Hobbit, Clan of the Cave Bear, Here Be Dragons, Doomsday Book, Where the Red Fern Grows (I still sob at the end of it), and a few others that will pop into my head once I hit submit. Favorite Drink: Sweet Tea (I'm ...

Connie Willis, for Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Bellwether and others. I adore Kage Baker's novella The Empress of Mars.

... them from the library (they tend to be costly, especially unabridged versions). I recommend very highly Connie Willis's Doomsday Book and To Say Nothing of the Dog, which I recently listened to in their unabridged formats. I can't remember the name of the man who read the latter, but I ...

... a sizable stack of fiction to read concurrently, probably starting with Empress of the World, Such a Pretty Girl, and Doomsday Book.

Doomsday Book by Connie Willis is a great book about a modern time-traveler going to the Middle Ages who deals with the plague firsthand. My favorite historical fiction is The Firebrand by Marion Zimmer Bradley, which started my lifelong obsession with the Trojan War when I read it in middle ...

thanks macgillicutty :) Doomsday Book was my first Connie Willis - I read it last year and loved it. I have To Say Nothing Of the Dog in my 'to be read' stack for later this year.

Freelunch - saw you had a connie willis book up there - have you read doomsday book yet? her best, with to say nothing of the dog a close favorite, as far as i'm concerned good luck

... what a real epidemiologist makes of it. Oh, and if you liked the Bensons, you should certainly check out Connie Willis' Doomsday Book: a contemporary historian time-travels to 14th C England, but accidentally lands in the middle of the Black Death.

... need to re-read them. I have re-read The Wedding by Garwood, mainly because it makes me laugh. I think I also read Doomsday Book tiwce. (Wonderful story.) When I'm in a particular mood, I somtimes re-read some of my favorite children's stories, like Eloise, The Little Prince, I Am ...

... read? I capture the castle Angry Pyjamas A Brother's Price Shards Of Honor- lots of good stuff by this author Doomsday book Guys and Dolls City of Pearl- first in series The Anubis Gates A fall of moondust The speed of DarK Hard time Lots of good stuff by her too. ...

... Don't be concerned, Simon. I don't have much to lose here but a little time. I'm still looking forward to the book. :) Doomsday Book is one of my all-time favorites, so I can find no wrong in it. LOL.

... the book. oh dear expectations are always a bad idea. back to the subject. about a year ago our reading group chose doomsday bookbyconnie Willis as its selection. I had not read any Connie Willis but I like SF and it had won a Hugo so although it lokked abit depressing I set to with a ...

I'm glad you mentioned Doomsday Book I checked my review and it ended midsentence. I have put another one up. The short version? It is worth reading.

John - Doomsday Book is one of my favorite time travel books, but it is rather slow paced, at least for most of the story. I think that may be one of the reasons that it is such a powerful story overall. When things do start happening, they have even more of an impact. This discussion reminds ...

Currently reading Doomsday Book by Connie Willis. Wonderful, though it's quite slow paced (a comment, not a criticism). John

... Nerd alert. Well, I definitely have respect for logically consistent versions of time travel -- and Pastwatch and Doomsday Book are unusual in their consistency. (Either you have to reset the clock -- no back-and-forth travel -- or you have to have a built-in mechanism to prevent ...

... on the outline before time. If that is not allowed, could someone let me know? ellen.w, I love Connie Willis and Doomsday Book is definitely on my desert-island shelf. She is such a great writer. I've recommended that book so many times to others. I also loved Lincoln's Dreams ...

kukkurovaca, To Say Nothing of the Dog is also excellent, but I read Doomsday Book first and it seems to have imprinted more strongly as a result. Really, I recommend (to different degrees) everything Connie Willis has written! And now I'm curious where you think Dog breaks/bends the ...

... Say Nothing of the Dog, Or, How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last (boy, these touchstones demand specificity) to Doomsday Book - although I waver a bit when trying to decide whether Dog breaks or bends the excellent rules of Doomsday.

... if there were a convenient method of transferring (e.g., through PayPal) $2 to her "tip jar" in return for the pleasure of Doomsday Book, then that would satisfy both the author's request for compensation and my own desire for a fairly purchased yet inexpensive read. I don't know how such a ...

... to decide on one that will be good NaNo fodder... selkie_girl, two of my favorite time-travel books are Pastwatch and Doomsday Book; maybe you'll get some ideas from them. They have different takes on the effects of time-travel, too.

... Price by Wen Spencer Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie Willis (This is related to Doomsday Book but I've never felt the need to read it based on TSNotD. It's on the TBR list though.) Stardust by Neil Gaiman Tithe by Holly Black Older and may be ...

I agree wtih bostonian71 ... To Say Nothing of the Dog and Doomsday Book by Connie Willis are great. The Thursday Next books by Jasper Fforde are hilarious!

I *loved* To Say Nothing of the Dog. Doomsday Book was also excellent, but heartbreaking. I also love Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next books, which often feature some time travel as well as alternate-reality shenanigans.

... why it wouldn't work for some. Connie Willis handles time travel wonderfully in both To Say Nothing of the Dog and The Doomsday Book. The first book is a lot of fun and plays around with the concept of time travel nicely, the second is more thought-provoking and, in the sections dealing ...

Bettyjo (message 36), I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're looking for, but Connie Willis's The Doomsday Book takes a time-traveller from the future back to Oxford during the plague years. I couldn't put it down. I borrowed this from fetchbook.info : "This extraordinarily powerful ...

... has been trying to read it, and I decided to read it along with her. Year of Wonders was very good. Have you tried Doomsday Book by Connie Willis, bettyjo? It's a very different take on the plague (time travel back to the plague), but worth reading.