3.5
Blackout
By Connie WillisPublisher Description
Oxford in 2060 is a chaotic place, with scores of time-traveling historians being sent into the past. Michael Davies is prepping to go to Pearl Harbor. Merope Ward is coping with a bunch of bratty 1940 evacuees and trying to talk her thesis adviser into letting her go to VE-Day. Polly Churchill’s next assignment will be as a shopgirl in the middle of London’s Blitz. But now the time-travel lab is suddenly canceling assignments and switching around everyone’s schedules. And when Michael, Merope, and Polly finally get to World War II, things just get worse. For there they face air raids, blackouts, and dive-bombing Stukas—to say nothing of a growing feeling that not only their assignments but the war and history itself are spiraling out of control. Because suddenly the once-reliable mechanisms of time travel are showing significant glitches, and our heroes are beginning to question their most firmly held belief: that no historian can possibly change the past.
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Likable charactersDescriptive writingSuspensefulRealistic settingUnsatisfying ending
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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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“3 1/2 stars
Audio is okay: not great but not bad or distracting either.
This isn't as good as Doomsday Book, but I am intrigued to see where it goes, so far. I am very confused with the jumping POVs & timelines, all headed to different areas near London during WW2 around the same time, but I'm also learning more about WW2 now as a bonus. & now most of the POVs have converged, so it'll be less confusing.
I wish we knew what was going on back in Oxford to cause all these issues, but I'm assuming we're going to get that POV in All Clear”
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 previous novel, Passage, was nominated for both. Her other works include 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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