literary question

[cellio]

I have a Three Weird Sisters CD with a haunting song on it that, according to the liner notes, is based on Connie Willis's Doomsday Book. Ok, I should read the book -- Hugo and Nebula winner probably means good stuff. And one of these days I will, but for now, I'm curious about one plot detail that's ambiguous in the song.

Did the time-traveller cause the Black Death?

Comments

[sui66iy.livejournal.com]

No.

[cellio]

Thanks!

[ellipticcurve.livejournal.com]

No, but she's stuck in it. A great way to approach the book, IMHO, is to consider the question: If you had the chance to go back in time, knowing that you could not change anything, would you still go?

(Also IMHO--her comic novel To Say Nothing Of The Dog, set in the same world, is a better book.)

[kmelion.livejournal.com]

Doomsday Book was a great book. Thoroughly enjoyable.

[dglenn.livejournal.com]

Seconded. Well worth seeking out.

[hobbitblue.livejournal.com]

Defeinitely recommend reading the book if you get chance - I'm not mad keen on her other novels but Doomsday Book really kept me hooked, have read it several times over.

You could always ask one of the Sisters to be sure :)

[ealdthryth.livejournal.com]

I listened to it unabridged on tape. It was really good. I had forgotten the name of it. Thanks for reminding me.

[anisodragnfly.livejournal.com]

i've liked pretty much everything i've read by Connie Willis. i'm not saying they're all great, but they're very readable. my favorites are probably Bellwether and To Say Nothing of the Dog, but i recently read Water Witch (first novel, cowritten with Cynthia Felice) and found it very entertaining.