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Time Travel

Doomsday Book

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  • 1992 first published
  • 559 pages
  • ★ 3.6 (21 ratings)
  • 11 editions
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Published in 1992, Doomsday Book is a time-travel fiction novel by Connie Willis. The story is set in Europe, in 476–1492. It deals with Black Death, Hugo Award Winner, middle Ages and time travel.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.6 out of 5 from 21 ratings, and 88 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 11 editions.

It runs to roughly 559 pages — 10–11 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Doomsday Book

Somewhere in the future, ordinary history students must travel back in time as part of their university degree. An award-winning best-seller in the United States, this is the first of Connie Willis' brilliant Oxford trilogy.Kivrin knows everything about the Middle Ages - she's read all the books. She knows it's dangerous: cutthroats in the woods, witch hunts, cholera, and millions dying in the plague. For a young historian, it's fascinating.When Kivrin's tutors in Oxford's history lab finally agree to send her on an on-site study trip, she jumps at the chance to observe medieval life first-hand. But a crisis that strangely links the past and future leaves her stranded in the most deadly and terrifying era in human history, face to face with the heart-rending reality behind the statistics. And while she fights for her own life, Kivrin finds she has become an unlikely angel of hope in this dark time.Five years in the writing, Doomsday Book is a storytelling triumph. Connie Willis draws upon her understanding of the universalities of human nature to explore the timeless issues of evil, suffering and the indomitable will of the human spirit.
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Themes, setting & tropes

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Setting

Era

  • 476–1492

Subjects

  • Black Death
  • Fantasy
  • Hugo Award Winner
  • Middle Ages
  • Time travel
  • Science fiction

Publisher

Quick answers

Who wrote Doomsday Book?

Doomsday Book was written by Connie Willis and first published in 1992.

What genre is Doomsday Book?

It is usually shelved as Time Travel.

How long is Doomsday Book?

The median edition has 559 pages, about 10–11 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Doomsday Book?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Cure, Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency and Many Waters (Time Quintet #4).

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