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One of my favorite books. I like "To Say Nothing of the Dog" so much I've given a copy to almost everyone I know, along with the first several tracks of my amateur audiobook version of it. That's right - I love the book so much I did a vanity audiobook recording of me reading the book. Connie Willis is a great author in general (though I found her most famous book, The Doomsday Book, to be a bit harder to read), but this particular story is my favorite of hers. So far.
The story involves a litera ...more
The story involves a litera ...more
A couple of time travellers are stuck in victorian times trying to correct a flaw in history and the space-time continuum, apparently caused by an object being mistakenly brought forward in time.
To Say Nothing of the Dog is a funny and engaging story, which references a number of other books, not least among these Three Men in a Boat, but also the mysteries of Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie
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To Say Nothing of the Dog is a funny and engaging story, which references a number of other books, not least among these Three Men in a Boat, but also the mysteries of Dorothy L. Sayers and Agatha Christie
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The tone of this book's humor reminds me of a P.G. Wodehouse comedy of manners, but the plot brings to mind the science fiction / historical literature hybrid genre that Jasper Fford created in his Thursday Next series.
In "To Say Nothing of the Dog," time-traveling characters seek out a historical artifact known as the Bishop's Bird Stump, which their pushy and impatient patroness plans to use in her reconstruction of a cathedral. Unfortunately, not only does no one know what the Bishop's Bird S ...more
In "To Say Nothing of the Dog," time-traveling characters seek out a historical artifact known as the Bishop's Bird Stump, which their pushy and impatient patroness plans to use in her reconstruction of a cathedral. Unfortunately, not only does no one know what the Bishop's Bird S ...more
Jun 08, 2011
Andrea
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science-fiction,
time-travel
This was my first Connie Willis book. I really enjoyed the characters and the humor, although I was getting quite ready for a resolution by the end of it. Lots of witty banter and fun time travel.
Has some of the same characters as Doomsday Book, but is a much more lighthearted time travel story.
James read this aloud to me while we were traveling through England, which was perfect since we could admire (maybe observe would be a better term) the architecture that was being mocked in the book.
James read this aloud to me while we were traveling through England, which was perfect since we could admire (maybe observe would be a better term) the architecture that was being mocked in the book.
Aug 04, 2007
Lorena
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it was amazing
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alternate-history,
science-fiction
Sep 02, 2007
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Rooster
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Feb 07, 2008
Meridee
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Mar 20, 2008
Terri
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Jan 01, 2009
Clickety
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Mar 16, 2010
Erin
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Dec 05, 2010
James
marked it as on-my-wishlist-sff-2
Jan 27, 2012
M
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Oct 31, 2012
Lynne
marked it as to-read-scifi
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Jan 12, 2017
Steven
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