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Doomsday Book

Doomsday Book

Historical FictionScience Fiction
Pages
688
Published
1992
Language
English

Synopsis

History students in the future can travel back in time for their studies. When Kivrin is sent to observe the Middle Ages, a crisis leaves her stranded in the most dangerous period of history. Facing the brutal reality of the plague, she must fight for her own survival while becoming an unexpected source of hope.

Prose complexity
7/10

Vibe

DarkTenseEmotionalHopeful
Fish Out of WaterSurvivalQuest

Genres

Historical Fiction Science Fiction Time Travel Fantasy Literary Fiction

About the author

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Connie Willis

Connie Willis (born Constance Elaine Trimmer, December 31, 1945, in Denver, Colorado) is an American science fiction and fantasy writer best known for her time-travel novels following historians from a future Oxford University, including Doomsday Book, To Say Nothing of the Dog, and Blackout/All Clear. She has won more major genre awards than any other writer in the field's history. In 2011 the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America named her its Damon Knight Memorial Grand Maste...

Characters

KivrinProtagonist
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