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Doomsday Book
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TERRIFIC TIME TRAVEL TALE…,
Winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Awards for science fiction, this book is a tour de force that is sure to captivate all those who like time travel themes, as well as those who have a deep appreciation for medieval description. The author masterfully melds these two genres, making a novel that is riveting and highly entertaining.
The year is 2048 A.D., and a young description student named Kivrin is preparing to do an on site examine of the turbulent fourteenth century. Her mission has positioned two of the University’s professors at cross purposes, as the proponent for this examine, Mr. Gilchrist, finds himself pitted against Mr. Dunworthy, Kivrin’s mentor, who believes that this trip in time is far too perilous. Mr. Gilchrist, but, is in the position to have the final say on the project.
Kivrin is scheduled to land in the rural English countryside of the fourteenth century some twenty years before the Black Death savages England. Armed with the knowledge of fourteenth century customs, dress, languages, religious practices, and description, Kivrin is raring to go back in time. When she travels back, but, an unforeseen crisis in the present places Kivrin in a potentially deadly situation upon her arrival in the past.
The book alternates between what is happening in the present and what is happening in the past, as those in the present work to unravel the mystery of what went incorrect. Meanwhile, Kivrin struggles to overcome the anomalous situations she encounters that run contra to her expectations. Believing herself stranded in the past, Kivrin artfully maneuvers around the precarious situations in which she finds herself, never losing her humanity despite the horror of her situation, given what went incorrect.
Steeped in well-researched medieval life, it is the tale of Kivrin’s sojourn in the past that captures the imagination of the reader. This is a stunning book that is really gripping. The spellbound reader will certainly keep rotary the pages of this wonderful book, which is clearly written by a master storyteller. Bravo!
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|EXCELLENT – but not for everyone,
_The Doomsday Book_ is one of the most unusual pieces of science fiction I reckon I’ve ever read. It’s not what you’d typically expect in a science fiction novel – most of the action takes place in the very low-tech world of England’s Middle Ages. It’s also not really historical fiction. Even as well researched, the book doesn’t flesh out the details enough to qualify in that category either. I estimate this book is really just about public and how they react in a crisis. I don’t reckon I’ve ever been as went by fictional font as I have by Ms. Booth’s in this novel. No, here’s not a lot of adventure here. If that’s what you like, you’ll despise this book. If you take pleasure in rich characterization & a moving tale, though, you’ll like it, even if you don’t usually take pleasure in sci-fi. I read this book perhaps four years ago, and it still sticks out in my mind as one of the best I’ve ever read. I’ve bought four copies over the years, because I’ll loan it to a friend who will like it so much they’ll loan it to someone else, who in turn loans it out…
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