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| Original Title: | To Say Nothing of the Dog, or How We Found the Bishop's Bird Stump at Last |
| ISBN: | 0553575384 (ISBN13: 9780553575385) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Oxford Time Travel #2 |
| Characters: | Ned Henry, Verity Kindle |
| Literary Awards: | Hugo Award for Best Novel (1999), Nebula Award Nominee for Best Novel (1998), Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1999), Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for Bestes ausländisches Werk (2002), Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Nominee for Roman étranger (2001) ALA Alex Award (1998), Prix Bob Morane for roman traduit (2001) |
Connie Willis
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 512 pages Rating: 4.13 | 31167 Users | 3695 Reviews
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| Title | : | To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel #2) |
| Author | : | Connie Willis |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 512 pages |
| Published | : | December 1st 1998 by Bantam Books (first published January 1998) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Time Travel. Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Fantasy. Humor |
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Connie Willis' Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Doomsday Book uses time travel for a serious look at how people connect with each other. In this Hugo-winning companion to that novel, she offers a completely different kind of time travel adventure: a delightful romantic comedy that pays hilarious homage to Jerome K. Jerome's Three Men in a Boat.When too many jumps back to 1940 leave 21st century Oxford history student Ned Henry exhausted, a relaxing trip to Victorian England seems the perfect solution. But complexities like recalcitrant rowboats, missing cats, and love at first sight make Ned's holiday anything but restful - to say nothing of the way hideous pieces of Victorian art can jeopardize the entire course of history.
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Ratings: 4.13 From 31167 Users | 3695 ReviewsCritique Appertaining To Books To Say Nothing of the Dog (Oxford Time Travel #2)
This was a fun romp -- perfect summer reading, and a nice homage to P.G. Wodehouse, whose books I've really enjoyed. There are enough twists and turns that I'll probably be just as pleasantly surprised by how the events play out in a re-read, too.
We all like a good laugh dont we? But for me, comedy works best in TV shows or movies. Humour in print works best in shorter formats, like cartoon strips or magazine articles. I tend to find comic novels (not to be confused with graphic novels) problematical. The trouble is I keep expecting to laugh at every page and that is a tall order for the authors. I dont expect to be thrilled by every page of a thriller or to be scared by every page of a horror novel so I dont know why I have such a high
Ah, I was so bummed when this book was over, I would have gladly stayed with these characters for at least a month, that's how delightful they were. Even when Willis writes about the more annoying characters, it's with such bonhomie they become like irritating family members that you hope will leave soon but they are still family so you're stuck with them, and after they leave you can have a good laugh and roll your eyes at their antics. And I miss Cyril and Princess Amahajumed the most, I wish
I've now read all of Connie Willis' Oxford Time Travel novels and I have to say that I found this one to be the best. The story was intriguing and funny and didn't have any of the ridiculous tension issues of the other books. No communication issues anywhere. No mistaken identities. Yes there were mysteries and things that needed to be resolved but they were handled in a way that made it enjoyable to read, not frustrating.I look forward to seeing where she takes this series next. Highly
4.5 stars, just to be clear.Part time travel adventure, part comedy of manners and part mystery, To Say Nothing of the Dog is a little bit of everything I love about books. To Say Nothing of the Dog takes its name (and much of its sensibility) from the famous novella by Jerome K. Jerome, Three Men in a Boat, To Say Nothing of the Dog. This choice is not incidental, but neither is it overwhelmingly important to the novel as a whole. The story is told through the eyes of Ned Henry, a time
All of Connie Willis' other time travel books are too long. This one is too short.That said, I think it is incredibly cruel to create a future timeline with no cats in it. I have seen your future, and I do not want to live in it.(view spoiler)[Good thing the space-time continuum apparently abhors a vacuum of kittens. (hide spoiler)](view spoiler)[Wow, how often to you manage to cram two "uu" words into the same sentence? (hide spoiler)]
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