Doomsday Book (novel)

Doomsday Book
First edition hardcover
AuthorConnie Willis
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherBantam Spectra
Publication date
1992
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages592 pages (paperback)
AwardsHugo Award for Best Novel, Nebula Award for Best Novel, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1993)
ISBN0-553-08131-4 (Hardcover)
ISBN 0-553-35167-2 (Paperback)
OCLC24952289
813/.54 20
LC ClassPS3573.I45652 D66 1992

Doomsday Book is a 1992 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. The novel won both the Hugo[1] and Nebula[2] Awards, and was shortlisted for other awards.[3] The title of the book refers to the Domesday Book of 1086. Kivrin Engle, the main character, says that her recording is "a record of life in the Middle Ages, which is what William the Conqueror's survey turned out to be."[4]

The novel is the first in a series about Oxford time-traveling historians, which includes To Say Nothing of the Dog (1998) and Blackout/All Clear (2010).

  1. ^ "1993 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  2. ^ "1992 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  3. ^ "Award wins and nominations for Doomsday Book". Worlds Without End. Retrieved 2009-07-30.
  4. ^ Willis, Connie (1992). Doomsday Book. Bantam Books. p. 14. ISBN 9780307784445. Retrieved 2011-08-07.