Connie Willis
Forfatter af Doomsday Book
Om forfatteren
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 vis mere 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) vis mindre
Image credit: Credit: Ellen Levy Finch, 1998, Seattle, Washington
Serier
Værker af Connie Willis
Fire Watch: A Novel 168 eksemplarer
A Woman's Liberation: A Choice of Futures by and About Women (2001) — Redaktør; Bidragyder — 126 eksemplarer
Nonstop to Portales [novelette] 7 eksemplarer
Just Like the Ones We Used to Know [short story] 6 eksemplarer
The Winds of Marble Arch [short story] 6 eksemplarer
The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson's… 3 eksemplarer
Dilemma 3 eksemplarer
Cash Crop [short story] 3 eksemplarer
Connie Willis 3 eksemplarer
2000x: Even the Queen (Unabridged) 3 eksemplarer
The Curse of Kings 2 eksemplarer
Die Straße nach Roswell 1 eksemplar
By Connie Willis Blackout [Paperback] 1 eksemplar
Asimov's Science Fiction, November-December 2017 1 eksemplar
To Say Nothing of the Dog AND Lincoln's Dreams 1 eksemplar
Nightkill 1 eksemplar
Selección de relatos 1 eksemplar
With Friends Like These 1 eksemplar
The Last of the Winnebagos / Enemy Mine 1 eksemplar
deck.halls@boughs/holly {novella} 1 eksemplar
And Also Much Cattle [short story] 1 eksemplar
Even the Queen (short story) 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
Alien Sex: 19 Tales by the Masters of Science Fiction and Dark Fantasy (1990) — Bidragyder — 483 eksemplarer
The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction (2005) — Bidragyder — 366 eksemplarer
The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American Science Fiction, 1960-1990 (1993) — Bidragyder — 315 eksemplarer
The Locus Awards: Thirty Years of the Best in Science Fiction and Fantasy (2004) — Bidragyder — 269 eksemplarer
Women of Wonder, the Contemporary Years: Science Fiction by Women from the 1970s to the 1990s (1995) — Bidragyder — 203 eksemplarer
2041: Twelve Short Stories About the Future by Top Science Fiction Writers (1991) — Bidragyder — 166 eksemplarer
Gateways: A Feast of Great New Science Fiction Honoring Grand Master Frederik Pohl (2010) — Bidragyder — 94 eksemplarer
The Future Is Female! Volume Two, The 1970s: More Classic Science Fiction Storie s By Women: A Library of America… (2022) — Bidragyder — 78 eksemplarer
Why I Left Harry's All-Night Hamburgers and Other Stories from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine (1992) — Bidragyder — 63 eksemplarer
Nebula Awards 28: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year (1994) — Bidragyder — 63 eksemplarer
Nebula Awards 24: SFWA's Choices for the Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 1988 (1988) — Bidragyder — 58 eksemplarer
Nebula Awards 29: SFWA's Choices For The Best Science Fiction And Fantasy Of The Year (Nebula Awards Showcase) (1995) — Bidragyder — 55 eksemplarer
Tales from Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Short Stories for Young Adults (1986) — Bidragyder — 40 eksemplarer
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 41, No. 11 & 12 [November/December 2017] (2017) — Bidragyder — 20 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 8, No. 1 [January 1984] (1984) — Bidragyder — 18 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 12, No. 7 [July 1988] (1988) — Bidragyder — 17 eksemplarer
The War of the Worlds: Fresh Perspectives on the H. G. Wells Classic (2005) — Bidragyder — 17 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 6, No. 7 [July 1982] (1982) — Bidragyder — 16 eksemplarer
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 23, No. 10 & 11 [October/November 1999] (1999) — Bidragyder — 14 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 10, No. 10 [October 1986] (1986) — Bidragyder — 14 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 10, No. 12 [December 1986] (1986) — Bidragyder — 13 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 12, No. 1 [January 1988] (1988) — Bidragyder — 13 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 9, No. 1 [January 1985] (1985) — Bidragyder — 13 eksemplarer
Hiroshima soll leben. Die schönsten Alternativwelt- Geschichten. (1993) — Bidragyder — 13 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 7, No. 4 [April 1983] (1983) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 14, No. 13 [December 1990] (1990) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 10, No. 5 [May 1986] (1986) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1982, Vol. 63, No. 5 (1982) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1985, Vol. 68, No. 2 (1985) — Bidragyder — 12 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1982, Vol. 63, No. 2 (1982) — Bidragyder — 11 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 9, No. 3 [March 1985] (1985) — Bidragyder — 11 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 13, No. 7 [July 1989] (1989) — Bidragyder — 11 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 11, No. 12 [December 1987] (1987) — Bidragyder — 11 eksemplarer
Fires of the Past: Thirteen Contemporary Fantasies About Hometowns (1991) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 16, No. 4 & 5 [April 1992] (1992) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 15, No. 14 [December 1991] (1991) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 15, No. 15 [Mid-December 1991] (1991) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 6, No. 2 [February 1982] (1982) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 13, No. 13 [Mid-December 1989] (1989) — Bidragyder — 8 eksemplarer
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 68. Mythen der nahen Zukunft. (1984) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: Vol. 15, No. 11 [October 1991] (1991) — Bidragyder — 7 eksemplarer
High Fantastic: Colorado's Fantasy, Dark Fantasy and Science Fiction (1995) — Bidragyder — 6 eksemplarer
Heyne Science Fiction Jahresband 1991. 8 Romane und Erzählungen prominenter SF- Autoren. (1993) — Bidragyder — 5 eksemplarer
Johann Sebastian Bach Memorial Barbecue. Internationale Science Fiction Erzählungen. (1990) — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
Asimov's Science Fiction: Vol. 44, No. 11 & 12 [November/December 2020] (2020) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
I Premi Hugo 1976-1983 — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Millemondi Inverno 1996 — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
The World Fantasy Convention 2011: Sailing the Seas of the Imagination — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Urania Millemondinverno 1991 — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Science Fiction Eye #07, August 1990 — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
Omni Magazine October 1989 — Bidragyder — 1 eksemplar
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Almen Viden
- Kanonisk navn
- Willis, Connie
- Juridisk navn
- Willis, Constance Elaine Trimmer
- Andre navne
- ウィリス, コニー
- Fødselsdato
- 1945-12-31
- Køn
- female
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Land (til kort)
- USA
- Fødested
- Denver, Colorado, USA
- Bopæl
- Greely, Colorado, USA
- Uddannelse
- Colorado State College (BA, English and Elementary Education, 1967)
- Erhverv
- Writer
- Organisationer
- Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA)
- Priser og hædersbevisninger
- Guest of Honour, Eastercon, UK (1998)
Science Fiction Chronicle Reader Award ( [1982] ∙ 1989 ∙ 1993 ∙ [1994])
Guest of Honor, World Science Fiction Convention ( [2006])
Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award (2012)
SF Hall Of Fame (2009) - Agent
- The Lotts Agency
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Discussions
Group read: Connie Willis month i 2014 Category Challenge (januar 2015)
To say nothing of the dog: Connie Wills - reading_fox's review i Reviews reviewed (januar 2010)
Time travel through net to 11th century. Oxford. Flu virus. i Name that Book (juli 2009)
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The main character (Francine?) is as boring, vanilla, and devoid of personality as they come. She's dropped into this kooky annual Roswell alien convention when she flies in for a college friend's wedding. An alien abduction and manic roadtrip ensue during which several stereotypical locals become inadvertent ridealongs. Somewhere along the way, the alien is named "Indy," and an ET plot line develops in which "Indy" needs help getting home (or something?) and they careen around the desert in search of a destination to reveal itself.
This didn't work for me as a buddy comedy, an adventure of misfits, or a romance/meet-cute, but YMMV. Heard about it on a podcast and am generally down with a weird book especially a witty one. The reality was just okay.
Tom Robbins this was not.
My recommendation borrowed and tweaked from someone else: if you try it, give it 100 pages less your age and if you're not loving it, bag it and tag it.… (mere)