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Doomsday Book

Doomsday Book is a 1992 science fiction novel by American author Connie Willis. The novel won both the Hugo and Nebula Awards, and was shortlisted for other awards. The title of the book refers to the Domesday Book of 1086; Kivrin Engle, the main character, says that her recording is "a record of life in the Middle Ages, which is what William the Conqueror's survey turned out to be."The novel is the first in a series about the Oxford time-traveling historians, which includes To Say Nothing of the Dog and Blackout/All Clear .


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“Kepe from haire. Der fevreblau hast bifallen us.”

Source: Doomsday Book (1992), Chapter 35 (p. 563)

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“They’re absolutely necrotic, aren’t they?”

Colin whispered behind his order of service.
“It’s late twentieth century atonal,” Dunworthy whispered back. “It’s supposed to sound dreadful.”
Source: Doomsday Book (1992), Chapter 14 (p. 219)

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