The Doomsday Book - Connie Willis - Page 3

Guns4Hire · 12-07-2011, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by ATDrake

The novella Fire Watch (available to read free online at the now-defunct-but-still-available Infinity Plus magazine) encapsulates all this very neatly in fewer words.

I made my own epub with TOC and chapters etc out of Fire Watch from that website. Just in-case the website ever goes away. Haven't read it yet since its a couple hundred books down my CRL though.

BookCat · 12-07-2011, 05:56 PM

It's easy to copy and paste Fire Watch into NotePad, then into a Word template formatted for your reader and saved as rtf.

Timoleon · 12-07-2011, 06:17 PM

I feel better after viewing some of the comments here. I thought that something was happening with my sensibilities when I finished reading the Doomsday Book with kind of a blasé feeling about the whole experience, and a sudden hunger to immediately start reading something completely different.

Connie Willis is a gifted writer, I'm sure, but --- I haven't had the desire to read anything by her since my first engagement...

BlackVoid · 12-12-2011, 10:52 AM

I started, it did not like it. Dropped it.
Same category as Robin Hobb - extremely boring, miserable and predictable.
Somehow this kind of writing is fashionable.

Life is too short for this.

RDaneel54 · 12-26-2011, 08:17 PM

I consider it a very good book. I discovered her when I read Lincoln's Dreams. I like her 'hectic living' writing style.

I've read science fiction for almost 50 years and I think she has her place in the fold. But, each to her or his own.

Dean

DiapDealer · 12-26-2011, 08:22 PM

I enjoyed it a lot... when it was first published. I've not tried any of her recent works, though. I thoroughly enjoyed Lincoln's Dreams, too.

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12-07-2011, 05:56 PM	#32
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	It's easy to copy and paste Fire Watch into NotePad, then into a Word template formatted for your reader and saved as rtf.

12-07-2011, 06:17 PM	#33
Timoleon Time Enough at Last Posts: 387 Karma: 1151316 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New England Device: iPad 3, iPhone 5, Kindle 3, Fire, Sony PRS-350	I feel better after viewing some of the comments here. I thought that something was happening with my sensibilities when I finished reading the Doomsday Book with kind of a blasé feeling about the whole experience, and a sudden hunger to immediately start reading something completely different. Connie Willis is a gifted writer, I'm sure, but --- I haven't had the desire to read anything by her since my first engagement...

12-12-2011, 10:52 AM	#34
BlackVoid Evangelist Posts: 415 Karma: 510423 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: Sony PRS-505	I started, it did not like it. Dropped it. Same category as Robin Hobb - extremely boring, miserable and predictable. Somehow this kind of writing is fashionable. Life is too short for this.

12-26-2011, 08:17 PM	#35
RDaneel54 Aging Positronic Brain Posts: 633 Karma: 2155452 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Aurora (when off-Earth) Device: Amazon Oasis; iPhone, iPad Mini	I consider it a very good book. I discovered her when I read Lincoln's Dreams. I like her 'hectic living' writing style. I've read science fiction for almost 50 years and I think she has her place in the fold. But, each to her or his own. Dean

12-26-2011, 08:22 PM	#36
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,524 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I enjoyed it a lot... when it was first published. I've not tried any of her recent works, though. I thoroughly enjoyed Lincoln's Dreams, too.

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