Doomsday Book

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Doomsday Book is a Hugo and Nebula Award–winning science fiction novel by Connie Willis that intertwines time travel with a harrowing depiction of the Black Death in medieval England.

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instanceOf science fiction novel
author Connie Willis
awardReceived Hugo Award for Best Novel
Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
linked to: Locus Award

Nebula Award for Best Novel
character Agnes
Badri
James Dunworthy
Kivrin Engle
Roche
countryOfOrigin United States
depicts Black Death pandemic
linked to: Black Death

medieval England
firstEditionFormat hardcover
followedBy To Say Nothing of the Dog
genre historical science fiction
science fiction
time travel fiction
hasCoverArtist Bantam Spectra art department
linked to: Bantam Spectra
hasPerspective third-person narrative
hasSubgenre alternate history-adjacent fiction
pandemic fiction
hasTheme epidemics
faith
historical memory
sacrifice
hasTimeTravelOrganization Oxford University history department (fictional)
isbn 0-553-08131-4
language English
libraryOfCongressClassification PS3573.I45652 D66 1992
mainCharacter Kivrin Engle
mediaType print
narrativeDevice time travel
notableFor detailed portrayal of the Black Death
interweaving dual timelines
oclcNumber 24468040
originalPublisher Bantam Spectra
pageCount 592
partOfSeries Oxford Time Travel series
placeOfPublication New York City
precededBy Fire Watch
publicationYear 1992
setInFictionalYear mid-21st century (Oxford)
settingEvent Black Death
settingTime 14th-century England

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