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Originally Posted by BelleZora
I enjoyed The Doomsday Book more than any book I've read in a while. When I finish A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (which is looong) I'm reading Connie Willis's To Say Nothing of the Dog. I just read Three Men in a Boat (to Say Nothing of the Dog) by Jerome K. Jerome in preparation. It was published in 1889 and reminded me of both Mark Twain and P.G. Wodehouse.
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You might want to try Fire Watch before To Say Nothing of the Dog since it predates both Doomsday Book and TSNotD and is set in the same world. I haven't read it, but it won both the Hugo and Nebula for 1982/3 like Doomsday Book did in 1992/3. At least that is where I plan on going next with her works, I haven't found anything saying to read them in published order though, so it may not matter at all.
I read an essay by Jerome K. Jerome last year (it was nominated for a book club but lost to The Princess Bride) and enjoyed it a lot. I will have to try Three Men in a Boat before I get to Connie Willis' TSNotD.
Also, just noticed you are in CdA - I used to live in Post Falls (20 years ago) and miss that area. Spent a lot of time in the Bookworm.