For Kivrin, preparing an on-site study of one of the deadliest eras in humanity's history was as simple as receiving inoculations against the diseases of the fourteenth century and inventing an alibi for a woman traveling alone. For her instructors in the twenty-first century, it meant painstaking calculations and careful monitoring of the rendezvous location where Kivrin would be received.

But a crisis strangely linking past and future strands Kivrin in a bygone age as her fellows try desperately to rescue her. In a time of superstition and fear, Kivrin -- barely of age herself -- finds she has become an unlikely angel of hope during one of history's darkest hours.

Five years in the writing by one of science fiction's most honored authors, Doomsday Book is a storytelling triumph. Connie Willis draws upon her understanding of the universalities of human nature to explore the ageless issues of evil, suffering and the indomitable will of the human spirit.

Connie Willis is an established author of many science fiction books, including THE DOOMSDAY BOOK, and winner of both the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award for best sf novel.

Awards

Hugo Best Short story nominee (1980) : Daisy, in the Sun

Nebula Best Short story winner (1983) : A Letter from the Clearys

Hugo Best Novellette winner (1983) : Fire Watch

Nebula Best Novellette winner (1983) : Fire Watch

Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1984) : The Sidon in the Mirror

Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1984) : The Sidon in the Mirror

Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1985) : Blued Moon

Hugo Best Novella nominee (1987) : Spice Pogrom

World Fantasy Best Novella nominee (1987) : Chance

Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1988) : Schwarzschild Radius

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Novel nominee (1988) : Lincoln's Dreams

John W Campbell Memorial Award Best Novel winner (1988) : Lincoln's Dreams

Hugo Best Novella winner (1989) : The Last of the Winnebagos

Nebula Best Novella winner (1989) : The Last of the Winnebagos

Hugo Best Novella nominee (1990) : Time-out

Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1990) : At the Rialto

Nebula Best Novellette winner (1990) : At the Rialto

Hugo Best Short story nominee (1991) : Cibola

Hugo Best Short story nominee (1992) : In the Late Cretaceous

Hugo Best Novellette nominee (1992) : Miracle

Hugo Best Novella nominee (1992) : Jack

Nebula Best Novella nominee (1992) : Jack

Hugo Best Short story winner (1993) : Even the Queen

Nebula Best Short story winner (1993) : Even the Queen

Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Adult Literature Best Novel nominee (1993) : Doomsday Book

Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Novel nominee (1993) : Doomsday Book

Nebula Best Novel winner (1993) : Doomsday Book

Hugo Best Novel winner (1993) : Doomsday Book

Hugo Best Short story winner (1994) : Death on the Nile

Nebula Best Novellette nominee (1994) : Death on the Nile

Bram Stoker Best Novellette nominee (1994) : Death on the Nile

Hugo Best Novel nominee (1996) : Remake

Hugo Best Short story winner (1997) : The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's Poems: A Wellsian Perspective

Nebula Best Novel nominee (1998) : Bellwether

British Fantasy Society Best Short story nominee (1999) : The Winds of Marble Arch

British Fantasy Society Best Collection nominee (1999) : The Miracle of Christmas

Nebula Best Novel nominee (1999) : To Say Nothing of the Dog

Hugo Best Novel winner (1999) : To Say Nothing of the Dog

Hugo Best Novella nominee (2000) : The Winds of Marble Arch

Arthur C. Clarke Award Best Novel nominee (2002) : Passage

Nebula Best Novel nominee (2002) : Passage

Hugo Best Novel nominee (2002) : Passage