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All Clear
By Connie WillisPublisher Description
Winner of the Nebula Award
Traveling back in time, from Oxford circa 2060 into the thick of World War II, was a routine excursion for three British historians eager to study firsthand the heroism and horrors of the Dunkirk evacuation and the London Blitz. But getting marooned in war-torn 1940 England has turned Michael Davies, Merope Ward, and Polly Churchill from temporal tourists into besieged citizens struggling to survive Hitler’s devastating onslaught. And now there’s more to worry about than just getting back home: The impossibility of altering past events has always been a core belief of time-travel theory—but it may be tragically wrong. When discrepancies in the historical record begin cropping up, it suggests that one or all of the future visitors have somehow changed the past—and, ultimately, the outcome of the war. Meanwhile, in 2060 Oxford, the stranded historians’ supervisor, Mr. Dunworthy, frantically confronts the seemingly impossible task of rescuing his students—three missing needles in the haystack of history. The thrilling time-tripping adventure that began with Blackout now hurtles to its stunning resolution in All Clear.
Traveling back in time, from Oxford circa 2060 into the thick of World War II, was a routine excursion for three British historians eager to study firsthand the heroism and horrors of the Dunkirk evacuation and the London Blitz. But getting marooned in war-torn 1940 England has turned Michael Davies, Merope Ward, and Polly Churchill from temporal tourists into besieged citizens struggling to survive Hitler’s devastating onslaught. And now there’s more to worry about than just getting back home: The impossibility of altering past events has always been a core belief of time-travel theory—but it may be tragically wrong. When discrepancies in the historical record begin cropping up, it suggests that one or all of the future visitors have somehow changed the past—and, ultimately, the outcome of the war. Meanwhile, in 2060 Oxford, the stranded historians’ supervisor, Mr. Dunworthy, frantically confronts the seemingly impossible task of rescuing his students—three missing needles in the haystack of history. The thrilling time-tripping adventure that began with Blackout now hurtles to its stunning resolution in All Clear.
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Shawn Deal
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“A wonderful time travel duology set in war torn London. This is Connie Willis at her best.”
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Marybeth
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“3 stars for the audio - again, not great, not horrible, but there's a lot of discrepancies between the text & audio.
"'It’s unstable.' Like history, she thought. Balanced always on a knife’s edge, threatening always to come tumbling down at the slightest misstep, to pitch us into the abyss."
I liked this a bit more than Blackout - everything came together & I understood what was happening & why, & I was able to guess at where the plot was heading.
"So many lives saved and so many sacrificed— so much courage, kindness, endurance, love— must count for something even in a chaotic system."
I wasn't really attached to many of the characters. I had already been attached to Mr. Dunworthy bc of Doomsday book, but he wasn't quite himself in this book, & we barely had any chapters from his POV. Colin is still the best character out of Oxford, I think. Mike was obnoxious for most of Blackout, Binny & Alf were probably my favorite characters, & they were secondary characters at best.
“The moment you think you’re in the clear is when something disastrous always happens.”
I'm not sure how I feel about it in the sense of science - is this how time travel would really work? But it's fiction, so it works however she needs it to.
"She had hoped for one final look, but this wasn’t the end, it was the beginning."”
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About Connie Willis
Connie Willis, who was recently inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame, has received six Nebula awards and ten Hugo awards for her fiction; her novel Passage was nominated for both. Her other works include Blackout, Doomsday Book, Lincoln’s Dreams, Bellwether, Impossible Things, Remake, Uncharted Territory, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Fire Watch, and Miracle and Other Christmas Stories. Connie Willis lives in Colorado with her family.
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