Comments on: Review: Doomsday Book, by Connie Willis

By: Adam Teece

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By: Dave Robus

Dave Robus — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:20:26 +0000

As someone who lives in a town about one mile from among the very first of the villages to be mentioned in the original “domesday book” I am intrigued. It looks like I will be adding Connie Willis Doomsday book to my collection especially as I am interested in everything old.

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By: raych

raych — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:43:56 +0000

I loved the hell out of this book. Also, after I finished I just sat and felt sad for, like, half an hour. SO BLEAK! But so satisfying.
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By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:53:34 +0000

Fyrefly — I also read TSNotD first, but I was prewarned that this book was going to be sad, so it didn’t catch me by surprise. (Would purists say that the warning ruined some of the books’ poignancy? I dunno.)

And a note for those considering this book — you might want to read To Say Nothing of the Dog before you read this one. I was reading reviews of Doomsday on LibraryThing, and one common point made was the Willis really glosses over the time travel, and that little explanation is given for how it works, etc. I think that this is partially explained by the fact that it’s not really necessary to the story except as a device that gets her to the middle ages; but, further to that, Willis does go into much more detail in her earlier work. To Say Nothing of the Dog is full of paradoxes and drops and how time-travel works, and why it’s been relegated to scholars and bureauocrats — and so if you’re the type who needs to understand that before you can willfully suspend your disbelief, please read it first. And for the rest of you, you can read it as well, because it is excellent.

By: zibilee

zibilee — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:12:03 +0000

I, too, have a big fascination with all things plague, and I loved this book when I read it a couple of years ago. I really loved Kivrin’s gumption and thought she was a really interesting character. I wouldn’t mind reading this one again. Great review, and I’m glad you liked the book.
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By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 20:17:12 +0000

Hi. This sounds good, mainly because I’m morbidly fascinated with Bubonic Plague!
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By: Fyrefly

Fyrefly — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:15:57 +0000

That first paragraph absolutely applied to me when I read this. I went in expecting more hilarity and farce, like I’d gotten from TSNotD, which… what the heck was I thinking? The only time the Black Death is funny is Monty Python.
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By: MLO

MLO — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:12:00 +0000

Connie Willis is one of those authors who always delivers a good read. Each of her books has been unique and well worth the investment of time and money. Not to mention she is a very nice lady in person – or at least at conventions.