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Connie Willis

Author of Doomsday Book

98+ Works 38,043 Members 1,732 Reviews 301 Favorited

About the Author

Connie Willis lives in Greeley, Colorado, with her family. (Publisher Provided) Connie Willis was born on December 31, 1945. She graduated from Colorado State College in 1967. Her first story, The Secret of Santa Titicaca, was published in Worlds of Fantasy in 1971. After receiving an NEA grant in show more 1982, she left her teaching job to become a full-time writer. Her works include Doomsday Book, Lincoln's Dreams, Bellwether, To Say Nothing of the Dog, Fire Watch, Blackout, and All Clear. She has received 10 Hugo Awards, 11 Locus Poll Awards and 6 Nebula Awards. In 2009, she was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. (Bowker Author Biography) show less

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Series

Works by Connie Willis

Doomsday Book (1992) 8,114 copies, 376 reviews
To Say Nothing of the Dog (1998) 6,871 copies, 292 reviews
Blackout (2010) 3,252 copies, 219 reviews
Bellwether (1996) 2,649 copies, 117 reviews
Passage (2001) 2,430 copies, 82 reviews
All Clear (2010) 2,330 copies, 153 reviews
Lincoln's Dreams (1987) 1,435 copies, 37 reviews
Impossible Things (1986) 1,213 copies, 30 reviews
Fire Watch (1978) 1,086 copies, 33 reviews
Crosstalk (2016) 1,044 copies, 76 reviews
Remake (1994) 801 copies, 23 reviews
Miracle and Other Christmas Stories (1985) 723 copies, 28 reviews
Uncharted Territory (1994) 693 copies, 15 reviews
Inside Job (2005) 530 copies, 32 reviews
The Best of Connie Willis: Award-Winning Stories (2013) 492 copies, 16 reviews
Promised Land (1997) 417 copies, 11 reviews
The Winds of Marble Arch {collection} (2007) 404 copies, 15 reviews
The Road to Roswell (2023) 397 copies, 37 reviews
Light Raid (1989) 312 copies, 6 reviews
Water Witch (1982) 303 copies, 7 reviews
D.A. (2007) 258 copies, 19 reviews
A Lot Like Christmas: Stories (2017) 218 copies, 16 reviews
All Seated on the Ground (2007) 204 copies, 9 reviews
Futures Imperfect (Bellwether / Uncharted Territory / Remake) (1996) 203 copies, 3 reviews
Fire Watch: A Novel (1982) 193 copies, 6 reviews
I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land (2017) 169 copies, 10 reviews
All About Emily (2011) 144 copies, 12 reviews
A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women (2001) — Editor; Contributor — 128 copies
The New Hugo Winners, Volume III (1994) — Editor; Contributor; Introduction — 126 copies, 2 reviews
Fire Watch [short story] (1982) 125 copies, 8 reviews
Nebula Awards 33 (1999) — Editor — 103 copies, 1 review
Terra Incognita: Three Novellas (2018) 93 copies, 6 reviews
Take a Look at the Five and Ten (2020) 86 copies, 4 reviews
Uncharted Territory [collection] (1994) 69 copies
American Christmas Stories (2021) — Editor & Contributor — 63 copies
The Last of the Winnebagos [short fiction] (1988) 60 copies, 6 reviews
Even the Queen & Other Short Stories (1998) 50 copies, 2 reviews
Jack [novella] (1991) 41 copies, 5 reviews
Daisy, in the Sun [short story] (1979) 35 copies, 1 review
Death on the Nile [short fiction] (2009) 20 copies
Even the Queen [short story] (1992) 17 copies, 2 reviews
Roswell, Vegas, and Area 51: Travels with Courtney (2002) 16 copies
Lincoln's Dreams / Passage (2014) 15 copies
Blued Moon [short story] (1984) 15 copies
At the Rialto [short fiction] (1989) 13 copies, 1 review
Cibola [short fiction] (1990) 12 copies
All My Darling Daughters [short story] (1984) 11 copies
A Letter from the Clearys [short story] (1982) 11 copies
The Sidon in the Mirror [novelette] (1983) 10 copies
Schwarzschild Radius [short story] (1987) 8 copies, 1 review
Nonstop to Portales [novelette] 7 copies
Chance [short story] (1986) 7 copies, 1 review
In the Late Cretaceous [short story] (1991) 6 copies, 1 review
Just Like the Ones We Used to Know [short story] 6 copies
Time Out [novella] (1989) 6 copies, 1 review
Miracle [short story] (1991) 6 copies, 1 review
The Winds of Marble Arch [short story] 6 copies, 1 review
Passage, tome 1 (2003) 6 copies
Ado [short story] (1988) 5 copies, 2 reviews
Spice Pogrom [short story] (1986) 5 copies, 1 review
Passage, tome 2 (2003) 4 copies
The Pony [short story] (1985) 4 copies
Adaptation {novelette} (1994) 4 copies
Blackout / All Clear (2015) 4 copies
Service for the Burial of the Dead [short story] (1982) 4 copies
Samaritan [short story] (1978) 4 copies
The Father of the Bride [short story] (1982) 4 copies
Mail Order Clone [short story] (1982) 4 copies
Winter's Tale [novelette] (1988) 4 copies, 1 review
Lost and Found [short story] (1982) 4 copies
And Come from Miles Around [short story] (1979) 4 copies
2000x: Even the Queen (Unabridged) 3 copies
Connie Willis and Carrie Vaughn: A Conversation (2010) 3 copies, 1 review
Epiphany [short story] (1999) 3 copies
Inn [short story] (1993) 3 copies
Dilemma 3 copies
The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's… 3 copies
Cash Crop [short story] 3 copies
Newsletter [short story] (1997) 3 copies
Distress Call [short story] (1991) 3 copies, 1 review
In Coppelius's Toyshop [short story] (1996) 3 copies
Cat's Paw [short story] (1999) 3 copies
Now Showing {novella} (2014) 2 copies, 1 review
Doomsday Book, book 1 of 2 (2003) 2 copies
Doomsday Book, book 2 of 2 (2003) 2 copies
The Curse of Kings 2 copies
Autograph, S.F. Writer, Signed Collector Card (Mine) (2) 1 copy
deck.halls@boughs/holly {novella} 1 copy, 1 review
To Say Nothing of the Dog AND Lincoln's Dreams 1 copy
And Also Much Cattle [short story] 1 copy
Selección de relatos 1 copy
Nightkill 1 copy
Distress Call / On Ghost Stories (1991) 1 copy
The Child Who Cries for the Moon (1981) 1 copy
Asimov's Science Fiction, November-December 2017 1 copy
Asimov's Science Fiction, January 2005 1 copy
With Friends Like These 1 copy
The Last of the Winnebagos / Enemy Mine 1 copy
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The Year's Best Science Fiction: Eleventh Annual Collection (1994) — Contributor — 442 copies, 2 reviews
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Papa Godzilla (1989) — Contributor — 4 copies
Robots from Asimov's (1990) — Contributor — 4 copies
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Millemondi Inverno 1996 — Contributor — 2 copies
Supernovæ (1993) — Contributor — 2 copies
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Omni Magazine April 1982 (1982) — Contributor — 2 copies
Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine | January 1982 (1982) — Contributor — 2 copies
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Urania Millemondinverno 1991 — Contributor — 1 copy
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Fire Watch by Connie Willis
Probably brilliant. Otoh, I, personally, am glad that I've read some of these stories in other collections and could skip them this time. I guess Willis and I just aren't sympatico.... But, if you like *L*iterary SF and can tolerate a fairly high Yuck Factor, enjoy.
 
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I Met a Traveller in an Antique Land by Connie Willis
Read a signed copy, #496, from West Des Moines city library!

But seeing that was the best thing about the experience for me. Willis's exploration didn't add anything to my own thoughts about the need for preservation of the last copy of each title of almost all books. And the ambiguity of the existence of the warehouse is completely dissatisfying.

Still, this slim novellette might serve another reader better. And it is one that would deserve to be saved, imo.
 
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Futures imperfect by Connie Willis
I'm not convinced these are full-length editions of the novels, so I'll read Bellwether separately. Remake seems to be about the movies & Hollywood, so I skipped it. And Uncharted Territory seemed to me to by typical Willis... clever, amusing, but not to my taste so much. I keep trying to appreciate her work but just don't. Oh well.
 
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Awards

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Hugo Award
All Clear (Winner – Novel – 2011)
Blackout (Winner – Novel – 2011)
All Seated on the Ground (Winner – Novella – 2008)
Nebula Award
Best Fiction for Young Adults
Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year
Audie Award
ALA Popular Paperbacks for Young Adults
Locus Award
Mythopoeic Awards
Chesley Award
World Fantasy Award
NPR: Books We Love
Alex Award
Bram Stoker Award
SF Site Reader's Choice
RUSA CODES Reading List
SF Site Editor's Choice
John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
British Science Fiction Association Award
Otherwise Award
Arthur C. Clarke Award
io9 Best Science Fiction and Fantasy Books of the Year
Amazon.com Best Books
Colorado Book Award
Classics of Science Fiction
Seiun Award
Gigamesh Award
Crawford Award
Locus Recommended Reading
UC Berkeley Summer Reading List
Bloomsbury 100 Must-Read Science Fiction Novels
ISFDB Top 100 Novels - Popular List
ISFDB Top 100 Novels - Critical List
NPR's Top 100 Science-Fiction, Fantasy Books
Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award
Los Angeles Public Library Best of the Year
Read This Next: 500 of the Best Books You'll Ever Read
Italia Award
Historical Novel Society Editors' Choice
ISFDB Top 100 Novels - Balanced List
Village Voice Favorite Books
Kurd Laßwitz Preis
Ignotus Award
Science Fiction Chronicle Award
King County Library System Best Books
Science-Fiction Books Scientific American’s Staff Love
This Mystery is Amazing!
RUSA CODES Listen List
Mid-Continent Public Library Best Books
Niels Klim prisen
Asimov's Readers' Award
Prix Bob-Morane

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