Doomsday Book

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Doomsday Book is a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning science fiction novel by Connie Willis that intertwines time travel with a harrowing depiction of the Black Death in medieval England.

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instanceOf science fiction novel
author Connie Willis NERFINISHED
awardReceived Hugo Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel NERFINISHED
Nebula Award for Best Novel NERFINISHED
character Agnes NERFINISHED
Badri NERFINISHED
James Dunworthy NERFINISHED
Kivrin Engle NERFINISHED
Roche NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts Black Death pandemic NERFINISHED
medieval England
firstEditionFormat hardcover
followedBy To Say Nothing of the Dog NERFINISHED
genre historical science fiction
science fiction
time travel fiction
hasCoverArtist Bantam Spectra art department NERFINISHED
hasPerspective third-person narrative
hasSubgenre alternate history-adjacent fiction
pandemic fiction
hasTheme epidemics
faith
historical memory
sacrifice
hasTimeTravelOrganization Oxford University history department (fictional) NERFINISHED
isbn 0-553-08131-4
language English
libraryOfCongressClassification PS3573.I45652 D66 1992
mainCharacter Kivrin Engle NERFINISHED
mediaType print
narrativeDevice time travel
notableFor detailed portrayal of the Black Death
interweaving dual timelines
oclcNumber 24468040
originalPublisher Bantam Spectra NERFINISHED
pageCount 592
partOfSeries Oxford Time Travel series NERFINISHED
placeOfPublication New York City
precededBy Fire Watch NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1992
setInFictionalYear mid-21st century (Oxford)
settingEvent Black Death NERFINISHED
settingTime 14th-century England

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Connie Willis notableWork Doomsday Book